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

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5554417

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.