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[–] profdc9 86 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can only imagine how desperate and helpless an entire generation of children feel in Russia right now, with their fathers sent to die in a worthless war.

[–] chitak166 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Probably with a very tribalistic "the world is against us" mentality.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (3 children)

they're being told they are fighting a righteous war defending Ukrainians from Nazis

[–] Duamerthrax 34 points 9 months ago

And the ones that don't believe it have to shut up. Imagine being against the Iraq War post 9/11 in the US, but your bullies can get you put in jail.

[–] galloog1 18 points 9 months ago

I don't know why you are getting downvoted. It's true and you don't need to be pro-russian or believe it to acknowledge the propaganda.

[–] hansl 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What I don’t get is how they can look at the rest of the western world backing Ukraine and not wonder “are we the baddies?” Or maybe they do and that creates cognitive dissonance too big to handle. Or they’re told all western countries are Nazis.

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 21 points 9 months ago

You know the insane amount of Russian bots on western-centric websites? Has to be double that on their own sites.