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Sorry Russia, the Baltic Sea is now NATO’s lake
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Because of course people are always reasonable and back people and policies that are in their interest.
It seems like by and large there's support in Russia for the invasion in Ukraine. They might not be willing to go to full mobilisation, but if they don't have to die themselves they're fine with the invasion.
Do you propose that the Ukrainians should stop fighting and plead with the Russian people to overthrow Putin?
Capital in Russia isn't controlled by a bourgeoisie structurally aligned with liberal values as in classic Marxism; it's controlled by an oligarchy descended partly from imperialist Soviet officials (e.g. Mr. Putin of the KGB) and partly from organized crime.
People in the US certainly didn't manage that in 2003.
Or perhaps people naturally feel an affinity for the place they grew up and the people they are most culturally and socially related to, and are thus liable to feel patriotic about their homelands without any input from, idk, the illuminati or whoever you think controls society