[HappyDreamer]

> I would actually bet that average Russian and American people probably have a lot more in common

Yes definitely. Thing is, when someone writes "Russia" but in fact means "Putin and his men", or writes "China" but means "the CCP",

then I'm afraid this pushes the people (ordinary citizens) living in those places,

away from the people in Europe and the US.

Because when you write "Russia" and "China", they likely think about that, as including them -- they'd feel that anything critical, was criticizing them too.

Whilst if one writes "Putin and his men", then, ordinary people living in Russia will clearly see that you don't have anything against _them_ -- that you might even be their friend. And maybe one day they (the people in Russia) and the West together can try to do something about Putin.

[uejfiweun]

I see your point, and that's totally fair. I'll make a better effort to be specific about this from now on.

[HappyDreamer]

:-) Now I just need to write that same message, to 330M + 450M other people in the USA and the EU :-/

(If you share with others this different way of writing, maybe we could split 330M+450M / 2. But maybe you live elsewhere)