@ChrisMayLA6 This is the truth! That is when you evetually get a lot of compressed hate, which eventually explodes when the masses feel they have nothing to lose any longer.
I wonder how bad things have to become in russia before the masses feel they have nothing to lose by revolting against putin?
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That latter is a good Q.; currently the state machinery of oppression seems to be keeping a lid on it, but equally the Russian economy does seem to be imploding (albeit slowly) - at some point, you're right people no longer have anything to lose, and then things could get pretty grim (not that they aren't grim already)
@ChrisMayLA6 I wonder how much financial damage the EU could do to russia with a temporary 5% war tax, that would compensate for the increased costs of goods due to a 100% full blockade?
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@ChrisMayLA6 I also think the lid will be more difficult to keep closed as the number of body bags that come back home increases. You would like to think that people who's son comes home in a body bag would like to end the war.
On the other hand, maybe it's like sunk cost? Maybe they feel that in order to justify the sacrifice the war needs to be won?
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