You need three people in order to give the nuclear launch command in the Russia. Putin would want to do that indeed, but the minister of defence and the head of the army absolutely not.
They are hired according to their bootlicking skills and that alone. They won't bomb their own children and grandchildren that are scattered across the western countries.
This is the one thing Putin really cannot just dictate in his country.
Without the civilians' intentional passiveness Putin would be unable to wage this war.
The choice to not know is a _choice_. It is a political decision. One that people make around the end of their teenage years, but a decision all the same.
That decision is what keeps the murder going on.
Also, these drones are not targeting civilians. They are okay. The Russia redirecting them into homes in order to protect Russian military targets is on the Russia's own responsibility.
One important difference to feudalism is that you can really easily move your homestead to another lord's domain.
I'd say that does solve a lot. Making instance-switching more fluent, and then yet more fluent, would be enough in my eyes.
If you knew Russian and spoke with Russians, you'd understand they are supportive to this war. What they are angry about is *how* it's fought, but about the war itself.
As long as the war has their support, it will continue. And when they abandon their support, the Russia will leave Ukraine and the war will end.
@doo @rockerface , translation programs do indeed usually translate "khokhol" into "crest", and if you see that word in a machine translation from Russian, it almost always means that slur about Ukrainians.
No.
They went to die for Putin's ego.
Because they feel that they share his ego. In sending them to useless death, he shows he's a strong leader – as the soldiers want. They are glad to be part of their Strong Leader's plans. That makes them feel strong.
Remember, the Russia has not started sending conscripts to the front yet. All soldiers are there of their own choice. Mostly for money, but also for their country finally doing what they want it to do: Bruteness.
Ukrainians fight like hell because they know they will be tortured if they surrender, or might even be killed if they try to.
The main reason to be nice to surrendering enemy combatants is that it motivates them to surrender. If you kill your enemy when he tries to surrender, your chances for victory diminish dramatically.
Ukraine wants victory. The Russia wants to inflict pain. Different goals, different means.
@jaredwhite @thenexusofprivacy
ATProto is unable to be decentralized, by design. Bsky.social has a moderation right on all inter-instance communication. Other instances can only affect what comes in or out their instances.
Also BlueSky's people sold it to really horrible people once. They will do it again.
@bluGill @supersquirrel @Darkassassin07
No economy without fuel.
No war without an economy.
If the military gulps all the fuel, it will not have any resources (other than fuel).