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Only 28% of Russians Now Support Putin's War in Ukraine (Original Post) Warpy Oct 10 OP
No worries . Permanut Oct 10 #1
Who polled...................... Lovie777 Oct 10 #2
That's the best part, nobody knows for sure Warpy Oct 10 #5
Ukrainians are suffering in this war. Aussie105 Oct 10 #3
Doesn't matter if it was a Khanate, a Czar, or a dictator Warpy Oct 10 #4
Russian military losses are staggering LetMyPeopleVote Oct 11 #6
I just posted today's Artur Rehi' video Warpy Oct 11 #7

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
5. That's the best part, nobody knows for sure
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 08:47 PM
Oct 10

or how it was done, except that people were certain enough of its anonymity to answer the way they wanted to.

Aussie105

(6,193 posts)
3. Ukrainians are suffering in this war.
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 08:13 PM
Oct 10

Russians are suffering at the same time.
They have lived impoverished lives for a long time because Putin prefers to feed his war machine instead.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
4. Doesn't matter if it was a Khanate, a Czar, or a dictator
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 08:33 PM
Oct 10

once one man has taken over throughout their history, the people have been robbed, assets stripped, the children of the leader and his friends sent outside Russia for education and a cushier lifewstyle, and the only way they ever had any hope for anything better was under Communism, where there was the illusion of a shared purpose even though the same system persisted.

They are not like us, they don't look out for each other. In Kursk, the neighbors of people who left looted the empty houses.

This is how they are, this is what they've done for generations in order to survive.

In time, they might learn a better way but that's not who they are right now

Please note I'm not particularly anti Russian, I grew up with a bunch of Russian cousins. It's just that the culture of that country over the last 800 years is totally antithetical to our own. I don't want to live that way.

Even Putin is starting to see the level of corruption as a bit of a problem now and has jailed some of the biggest thieves. Iy won't last..

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
7. I just posted today's Artur Rehi' video
Fri Oct 11, 2024, 04:16 PM
Oct 11

in which he reports some of the Russian news. Cemeteries are filling up and coffin makers can't keep up with the demand. I think the ratio of killed to wounded is very high. Russians don't prioritize getting the wounded away from the front quickly, so many are likely dying from shock, blood loss, and sepsis. Some take matters into their own hands and commit suicide.

Putin whines about demographics while wasting Russia's future.

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