No, we don’t have a chance to protest. It’s simply not how it works here. People in Europe have a chance to protest, people in USA have a chance to protest, but not the people in Russia. We don’t. When you protest in Russia you just get jailed the very same day and that’s it.
Sure, but even then you never know in advance if you are part of the Lenin-equivalent or Martov-equivalent faction in that scenario; revolutionary victories can be quite Pyrhhic.
Lenin didn’t know if he would win, I’m pretty sure he knew the risk. In Russia today life is too comfortable to protest and people feel they have too much to lose. Until this changes nothing will change in Russia. That’s exactly the point of sanctions.
It’s easy to say such things when you was lucky to born in a country that respects your right to protest and other civilian rights. But would you go to a protest if that guaranteed to get you in jail for half a month at best? Would you speak up publicly for yourself if that meant you get jailed for years? Especially if you have wife and kids? I don’t think so.
And if you say yes, I would think it’s a lie, or that you’re stupid.
History is full of examples of people who protested their governments at a grave risk. Some have died, but some have won. Think of it as “dying for your country” - you choose not to, but many would, and many in Ukraine are doing it as we speak.
Oh, c'mon. It's always easy to speak from the sofa - yes, I would, you are a coward and bla-bla-bla. You are not living in this shitty contry and you are judging from the western way of thinking.
Remember, it's always a number one priority to save your and your family lives and then care about others.
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