Meaningful change in Russia is unlikely without defeat. Lessons from Germany show how accountability and reform follow war.

Nazi Germany confronted its crimes only after military defeat made denial untenable. Russia, by contrast, continues to equate victory with moral legitimacy. Without a clear and undeniable defeat, there is no sense of guilt—and without guilt, no basis for reflection or reform.

  • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Regime change

    Edit: To explain: The Gaza war exists because it keeps Netanjahu in power, and because Russia asked Iran to create another middle east conflict to divert the attention of the western Left from supporting Ukraine.