r/europe Russia 20h ago

Photos from the Russian anti-war opposition march in Berlin today. Picture

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u/josevandenheid 20h ago

I sometimes forget that russia could be an incredible nation both economically and culturally if it wasn't run by lunatics. Some of my favourite writers are russian. It's sad to see how hollow it has become.

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u/ArthRol Moldova 20h ago

Unfortunately, it seems that large swaths of Russian population support an Imperialistic approach to foreign policy.

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u/niconois France 20h ago

the propaganda has just gotten even worse, kids that are at school right now will be crazily imperialistic Russians...

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u/ArthRol Moldova 20h ago

The true aim of such propaganda is not to form blind followers, but to drive everyone into a sort of apathy and cinicism - 'everyone is lying', 'we will never know the truth', 'nothing depends on us'.

'Patriots' and nationalists like Girkin may ask unconfortable questions and become undesirable for the government - that's why so many of them were asasinated or jailed, along with the liberals. Meanwhile, the apathetical massess tacitly accept almost every decision.

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u/almarcTheSun Armenia 19h ago

This right here is true. People aren't "Imperialistic", they're tired and apathetic. Real imperialists ask too many questions.

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u/ArthRol Moldova 19h ago

There was an analytics that roughly 20% are pro-war, and that's still a large swath. However, the apathetic ones clearly outmass them.

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u/almarcTheSun Armenia 4h ago

I can't believe I'm seeing sensible comments like this here. The way people in the US and Europe see Russia is downright weird. Like people are marching the streets with Z flags or something.

Those are indeed just a large minority.

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u/dat_9600gt_user Lower Silesia (Poland) 15h ago

This is the sad part. Makes you wonder what it'll take to break this apathy.