This is a main reason why Ukrainians have ZERO sympathy for Russians struggling under sanctions. “The average Russian created this monster” a Ukrainian friend told me of their “indifference to Putin.” This is the attitude of most Ukrainians I speak to here. “Fuck ‘em.”
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1500506408101593094
The Ukrainian attitude towards Russians is that “they are brainwashed slaves” unwilling to collectively die for their freedom. I travel this entire country regularly and talk to hundreds of people. “Brainwashed” and “(Putin’s) slave” are commonly used.
Here in Ukraine, outside of fancy think tank circles full of political correctness, folks here blame the average Russia for what’s happening as much as they blame Putin. There is no trust in Russian society. Putin is the average Russian for those I talk with.
Over the past two months, I’ve not spoken to ONE Ukrainian here who feels an once of sympathy towards the average Russian. Ukrainians feel Russians think they are superior to them and Putin represents their thinking. Also…
Ukrainians, collectively, are ready to die for their freedom; folks here don’t see that in most Russians because, as many Ukrainians tell me, they are comfortable in fear of Putin.
If this sounds like generalizations, we’ll, I’m only telling you what hundreds of folk tell me.
If this sounds like generalizations, we’ll, I’m only telling you what hundreds of folk tell me.
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