According to two Russian soldiers interviewed by a pro-invasion blogger, if you wear a Russian military uniform on the metro in Moscow people distance themselves and give you dirty looks.

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      Mostly Wagner mercenaries

      For those who downvote: mostly doesn’t mean only, and Wagner mercs were criminals even before they became mercs

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          Maybe it’s guessed because one returned merc killed old lady, other killed his wife and another two killed six people and burned their houses.

          Or maybe because drafted are not returning because Shoigu won’t let them go.

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            Maybe it’s guessed because one returned merc killed old lady, other killed his wife and another two killed six people and burned their houses.

            So, that’s “most” based on what data?

            Or maybe because drafted are not returning because Shoigu won’t let them go.

            They’re not let go, but they are being rotated.

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    “You go on the metro, and people stare at you because you wear a uniform. Again, I didn’t go voluntarily, I received a summons and came to the military enlistment office.

    At this point I had some sympathy.

    I didn’t run away or hide like you. I acted like a law-abiding citizen. But when I come on holiday, they point fingers at me,” the soldier said.

    And then he lost my sympathy.

    It’s like certain problems we have in the US, just with different players.

    When “law abiding” is placed before basic ethics, problems like these arise. It’s also, sometimes (maybe not here) a smokescreen people use to justify their unethical behavior.

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      People like to use things like “I didn’t make the rules” to justify bullshit - while actively enforcing them.

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            I am not in any way defending said people for being rapists, murderers and overall just nasty fellows. I would like to point out that Russia has been known to lash out on people’s loved ones to get them to fall in line, so running away may be just part of the equation. Now to what extent one’s attachment to one’s family forces them to do things is an interesting topic.

            Could a person that rapes and murders because they got a free pass be considered capable of genuine human affection towards their loved ones? Or are they using it as a generally accepted excuse ‘they were gonna harm my family if I didn’t amputate this poor fella’s arms in a dark dungeon!’?

            That being said, there were some recorded phone conversations circulating around a bit earlier in the conflict about some of them loved ones communicating to soldiers about ‘how many did you rape/kill?’ and ‘loot some shit and bring it home!’

            Obligatory not all people are the same and such.

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      Yeah, draft dodging means maybe losing your freedom and the ability to provide for your children, which is a shit situation to be put in.

      But the choice is between poverty and fucking murder. Your choice sucks, but you choose to be a monster. I spare my sympathy for those who choose to be not-murderers.

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        But at the same time, they are absolutely being fed propaganda and don’t have an accurate view of what is going on in Ukraine.

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          That is a valid point. I personally can’t accept it changing the situation, but I won’t hold it against anyone that do.

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          I wanted to say they know how things are in reality, but suddenly remembered teacher in my school. Yep, some of them are completely brainwashed. Mostly those who will not be drafted. Either by being too old or having non-draftable sex(it would be funny if I’ll get banned for this).

          As Ekaterina Schulman says: this is unusual war. War is what Yong do, but this one is war of Old/Elders.

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            I read an interview of locals from an Ukrainian village that got invaded - the Russians rolled in and asked the locals “where are the Nazis? Lead us to them!”, and were surprised that the locals just asked them to leave, instead of cheering for their "liberation ".

            So the propaganda certainly reached the military, at least.

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              You mean in early days? Haven’t served myself(and hopefully won’t), but what I know is in Russian army your only sources of information are your commander and your peers whoose only sources of information is same commander and you. This sounds like an excellent ground for propaganda.

              But:

              1. Different audience

              A lot of people were from poor regions.

              1. Different context

              They are in the middle of nowhere.

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          So Russians are dumb and their phones don’t get internet? Nah. Bullshit. Russians are fucking cowards. The whole world knows it. It’s been on display for over a year.

          The dumb die. So it is and always has been.

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            Bro half of the fediverse is loaded up with communists and fascists, respectively.

            Kind of weird to pretend Russians have a monopoly on being dumb.

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                  From what I can tell, around 99% of the time people use the word communism, they don’t really know what it means. You seem to know there is a difference between communism and fascism, so, maybe you do.

                  But, to suggest half is communist, and the other fascist. Is kinda silly. Silly to such an extent that “proving you wrong” is likely to be a futile and unpleasant endeavour. You do you.

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            According to Wiki only 3.5% of Russians have good English proficiency. I also saw numbers between 5% and 10%. Even if it’s 10% of Russian population, 90% can only read and understand Russian. They go to the internet and what do they see? Russian fucking propaganda! Now imagine yourself in their shoes.

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              They go to the internet and what do they see? Russian fucking propaganda!

              And whose fault it is? You go on the internet speaking English, and what do you see? Russian fucking propaganda! Where is the Russian-speaking Western propaganda machine when you need it?

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                When you understand English at a good level you’re able to find multitude of opinions and make up your own mind. If you fail for Kremlin propaganda at this point - it’s on you. But if you don’t know English, you don’t have access to alternative opinions at all. That’s a VERY BIG difference.

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                  Duh, that’s my point! Why isn’t there Western propaganda in Russian?

                  How is it the Kremlin can pay a bunch of people to write fake news in English and turn Western social media to shit, but the White House can’t do the same to write fake news in Russian? So much CIA, MI6, all the EU agencies… what, you telling me they don’t have the money, or what?

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                  Right, porn… that’s why all the Russian horny bastards can write in English!

                  I know, we need to turn PornHub to Russian only! Force the kids to learn by searching for some hot бабушка porn, then they’ll know something more than typing “CYKA BLYAT” in CSGO chat. The counter information task force of tomorrow is just a few faps away!

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        Would you rather kill your own children, or kill someone else’s children? At least they aren’t shooting refugees for refusing to rape each other, that’s the Saudis…

        Ain’t the world a nice place?

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          1. That’s nowhere near the dillemma they are facing.

          2. Russians are already torturing, kidnapping and executing civilians so not even a valid whataboutism.

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            Having your children or parents/grandparents, starve or freeze to death, can easily kill them. Maybe it’s not 100% certain like shooting someone to death, but still, most people value their own people’s lives more than someone else’s.

            And it’s not whataboutism, just a qualification on a scale: I haven’t heard (yet) of Russians forcing civilians to torture each other, so they’re like a step less depraved than the Saudis.

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      I mean, I can have sympathy for any soldier that’s being forced to be a soldier. But the reality is, that sympathy dries up pretty quickly when it comes out that while being a soldier they’re rapists and war criminals. At certain point ‘just following orders’ is no longer a valid excuse… and you reach that point long before raping civilian women or PoWs. or… you know… you’re own troops while in a combat situation…

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        If a fascist hands you a gun and tells you to murder a bunch of people so that he can get wealthier and more powerful, you shoot him and ask those people for asylum. Anything else makes you a fascist too.

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        I think there is 1:1 model of Russian prison cell somewhere in Netherlands. At least the type of cell where Navalny is held.

        On the other there are rumors about people who commited crimes only to be found guilty and not being drafted as result, but they are rumors.

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      It’s also not a defence. They don’t have to follow orders.

      They can just turn up get recruited and then surrender to Ukraine at the earliest safe opportunity if they want to. Plenty others have.

      It is not patriotic to fight a unjust war, it is not patriotic to just do what you’re told without thinking.

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        Ehh, fatality is high. It’s better to not be drafted in first place.

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        I bet some people give dirty looks because they believe soldiers should die in the trenches protecting mother Russia and not ride the metro in Moscow with privileged Moscovites

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        I won’t say he “was too dumb to dodge the draft” because men(and medics) can be brought by police. Well, procedure is more complex than just dradding people, but you think police state cares?

        But he went there himself?.. Complete idiot.

        And he expects to be seen not as criminal while wearing uniform? I think calling him having single braincell is an insult to neurons of all species.

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    The article below this is titled “Russian Soldier Proudly Admits to Killing POWs”

    You know, entirely unrelated…

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        On average, you need just 3.5% of the population to actively oppose the regime to achieve a successful revolution. People can change things, but it looks like a vast majority of Russians are just fine with killing Ukrainians. More expensive iPhones are a bigger issue.

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          I don’t think demonizing the Russian populace is really achieving anything, people aren’t their government. The US has done some abhorrent things, and I’m not an evil person, nor am I just fine with killing anyone.

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            The other extreme is treating Russians as poor innocent fellows being oppressed by Putin.

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              Those poor innocent Russians will be lumbered with the cost of this war.

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          That’s just a bit more than 5m people. Russia has plenty of free space in GULAGs to house 5m people.

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            Russia doesn’t have a GULAG system.

            If 5m is too little, make it a 10% (15m) then. Most of the army/security forces are currently engaged in Ukraine.

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              Not officially, but a lot of Soviet camps are still operational. Creating new ones won’t be a big issue. Russian government has plenty of experience.

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                Well, that would be a good opportunity for Russians to revolt. But I think they’re just fine with the current system.

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        THAT is the truth. They can love or hate the situation but there’s nothing they can do about it. So, no point in generalising and hating on Russians. Save it for Putin, the Russian gov and there butt-licking oligarchs

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      The population in Moscow maybe doing that because of the bombing campaign being inflicted in that area. The outer cities are not seeing the consequences of war unless they loose someone.

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        Except this started way before bombing. Police and rosgvardia are and were seen same way.

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      Police choose to be police, aren’t many of the Russian soldiers drafted or forced to serve at this point?

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        You are correct, many of them conscripted, and even those who was on contract before after mobilization started their contracts became perpetual.

        And police not only choose to be police, but also choose to beat students.

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        You can still refuse to be drafted, you’ll likely go into prison, but that’s a better option than murdering people.

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          I don’t know much about Russian prisons, but I might take my chances on the battlefield and try escaping.

          That is, unless you have family, in which case I wouldn’t put it past them to force compliance by threatening your family. I would probably serve “loyally” if not doing so meant my family would be thrown in torture prison for life or killed.

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            Not even Ukrainian sources mention anything about torture of relatives, so I’m pretty sure this is just your fantasy.

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              Even if it isn’t torture, just the idea of them being punished could easily be enough to convince people. I would honestly be surprised if there are no consequences to the families of Russian traitors

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                You’re free to find sources confirming your guesses. Until then, they remain guesses only.

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      Nah, more than 10 for sure. There’s anti police slurs coming from as early as the 80-90s, like “Musora” which is a plural form of “trash”

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    There’s a reason they’ve been trying to avoid drafting soldiers from Moscow/major metro areas. They’re intentionally pulling more people from the ethnic minority rural regions. Problem is, they’re running out of soldiers…

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    The day we all start to see military with disgust it’s the day wars will stop

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      War won’t ever stop. It’s part of the human condition. Some persons and groups of people will always feel entitled to what others have on the basis of relative standing as viewed from thier viewpoint.

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        War is fueled by a system that has nothing human about it. Just like dogs humans are not violent by nature, they become mad when they are put in a corner. These days the average person would never hurt someone else directly and that’s why governments spend billions on propaganda to turn everyone against each other

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          Dogs most certainly are violent by nature. You are explicitly talking about DOMESTICATED dogs which are man made and not nature

          You can also upset a dog without putting it in a corner. Approach a dog and it’s pup or a dog approaching another dog that is eating, violence easily can erupt both with strange dogs and known ones.

          You’re projecting your perception of your own humanity onto all dogs and it’s not working for you or your point.

          I do agree that the people are purposefully pitted against each other but that is internal to nations and doesn’t explain international war. Do you think Ukraine and the Russians pitted their peoples against each other to start this war? Or did Russian invade and cause it all by themselves?

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            Are they? I don’t recall teaching my dog not to bite people, they just were treated good and don’t do it

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              is this a dogwhistle (pun intended) for eugenics in the human race, the way that we have selectively bred dogs to meet compatibility criteria?

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          so… just to clarify. you realize that violence is part of who we’ve always been? The reason our hands can make a decent fist at all is to be used as clubs.

          weapons are among the first, if not the first, forms of technology ever developed in prehistory. And probably not even by homo sapiens. We’ve never been not-violent. and you can see this in other primates like baboons and chimps and gorillas, which absolutely conduct their version of warfare.

          And like humans, dogs are also aggressive by nature. they are largely taught not to be as puppies. but left to their own understandings, they will be aggressive.

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            Do you realize that a fist can be used to break a coconut and not smash someone head? Humans evolved to be smart not to be violent

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              You…. Ever try to, uh, smash a coconut with your fist?

              Curious how that went.

              “We evolved to be smart!”

              And most of the first tools we created are absolutely classified as “weapons”

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                Literally the first widespread tool in human history was a fucking handaxe.

                Second was a spear.

                Dude is just talking pure nonsense.

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                You should try to smash one with your head at last it would become useful for something

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          Humans are absolutely naturally violent. They’re naturally selfish, violent monsters. We teach our kids to not be that way from a very young age (prior to 1 years old, generally) and reinforce it constantly and yet it is still very common to see children/young adults acting out violently.

          It’s absurd to me that anyone could assume humans are not naturally violent.

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              Seriously?

              Someone mentioned that humans have (historically) had a tendency towards violence, and your only take from that was to call them a monster? Are you just projecting, or what happened there?

              Gee, i guess we’d better tell all of the families of murdered people that their loved ones weren’t actually murdered. You know, since you seem to think that humans don’t have a natural capacity for violence, so there must have been some other reason (doubt it). We should also tell the starving people that it’s not greed keeping them hungry, it’s magic.

              It’s not like we’re mammals or anything. We’re TOTALLY immune to the same things that plague almost every species on this planet. Totally.

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        I really don’t like “it’s part of the human condition”, “it is human’s nature” and other BS. I recommend you to go out and watch how kids play. Suddenly you will see opposite of fairy tale told by militant pensioners.

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          yeah, so anyone whose ever watched a couple toddlers playing together knows they have to be taught to share. When they’re learning, they’re absolutely violent little monsters. if you google all the advice given for how to deal with aggressive toddlers in day care… you’ll see that your little angels… really aren’t.

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            I said about kids that play outside, most kids who play outside aren’t toddlers, but you decided to mention them. Well, counterclaim: toddlers chew everything just because, toddlers smash everything just because and toddlers yell all the time just because. It is not their intention to hurt another toddler.

            If this is how you think, it tells a lot about your ethics.

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              I’m pointing at toddlers because they haven’t mastered the self control necessary to conceal and manage their aggression. In that regard, toddlers are the most honest appraisal of our instinctual inclination. Being not-aggressive is a learned behavior. the concept of “playing nice” is a learned behavior… children have to be taught how to play nice. they have to be taught what is fair, and to regulate their impulses. but those impulses remain there, and sometimes come back out as adults. Which… is kinda why there’s a shit load of violence in the world. and always has been.

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                toddlers are the most honest appraisal of our instinctual inclination

                So it is their instinct is to lick electronics and destroy it? Chew things and destroy? Smash things and destroy? Well, ok, licking, chewing and smashing kinda is their instinct, but not smashing. Since you mentioned learning, all of this is learning. Basically when they are presented with new thing, their instinct is to learn it. “How it feels? Is it warm? Does it taste good? Can I eat it? What’s inside?”. Abstract agression is a mean to get attention, that also learned. “Wanted to eat, but thing that was held is not eadible, but after banging it I was fed? Do it again”. Same about directed agression towards peers and mentioned by you learning to share: “after moving arm towards that thingy I was awarded with toy? Do it again”.

                they have to be taught what is fair

                Yes and they also kids(that are “old” enough to talk) have much better sense of fairness than most adults do. Watch how THEY(kids who can communicate) play.

                but those impulses remain there, and sometimes come back out as adults

                Yes. In yong age it’s called being silly, when they get older it’s called learning, later called studying and when they are adults they call it doing scientific research.

                When adults are violent, they are not acting as kids. It is kids when violent are acting as adults.

                and always has been.

                What I will say you can use as argument too, but it hasn’t. Just century ago world was much, MUCH more violent.

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      Place for tanks is in museums,

      Let them rust in quiet,

      Even as toys

      They should be forgotten.

      My bad attempt to translate ELYSIUM - Tanks.

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          Tried as close to original as possible:

          How much years unending

          Slaughters inhumane

          On children fall from sky

          Bombs as bunch of anger

          Tanks’ place is in museums

          Let them quietly rust there

          Body of mother is scarred

          Warriors’ place is in romance

          Wars are not glory

          Groans in bloody mess

          Tears, dirt on uniform

          Wars don’t have a place in the world

          Tanks’ place is in museums

          Let them quietly rust there

          In tales of old empires

          People don’t belive anymore

          “Homo homini lupus est” is what we said when

          Voice of reason was silent in world and war raged everywhere

          When lives were worthless, people were seen only as soldiers

          And entire world was turning to burning hell

          Why didn’t we become smarter Isn’t it’s time already

          To understand as a matter of fact that more important

          For hammer of war to stop clutter

          Tanks’ place is in museums

          Let them quietly rust there

          Even as toys

          Kids don’t need to know them