Thread by @kamilkazani

Kind of. That would take very long to explain though, plus most foreign audience won't get it anyway. But yes. Much of the Russian nightmare results from adhering to "positive" cultural values

Conflict avoidance -> Extreme violence
Justice and equality -> Slavery and destitution

Disclaimer: I mean it literally. People yearn for justice and equality and that's a major factor of why they end up as destitute slaves. For example, enthralment (закрепощение) of urban population historically happened under the public pressure. They petitioned to be enthralled

That may sound paradoxical, but extremely suboptimal outcomes do not necessarily result from adhering to "negative" values. Very, very often it's the opposite. You act according to something that sounds kinda "positive". And that's how you build hell on earth

Antonov-Ovseenko, a major early Bolshevik, recalled that Bolshevization of Ukrainian village went very hard, way harder than that of villages in Russia proper. Because Russian rural population yearned for fairness, while Ukrainian peasants were largely ok with things being unfair

Popular demand for fairness was a major driving force behind Bolshevism. Central Russians were concerned about fairness more than any nearby culture. That's why Bolshevization of periphery (e.g. Ukraine) had to be executed through direct military intervention from Central Russia