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by marrone12 1568 days ago
Russian citizens did not cause this war...
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But they are holding the guns and working in the factories that build the bullets…
The army has bullets stockpiled. If Russians refuses to run any factories starting today the war would still be on. It's not hard to find arms if you have money-- which Putin has
Russian citizens aren't getting bombed. They are getting economic sanctions. Considering these citizens are paying taxes that fund the war, I think they're fair game for economic payback.
This comment chain mentioned a Russian person living abroad. Supposedly they also pay taxes abroad, not in Russia, yet they are still affected.
they paid taxes on the money that is in the russian bank account still. the money that i have in my debit account comes from my salary. the taxes are paid before the net part hits my bank account.
Many other people experience taxation very differently than do you. Taxation is implemented in many ways.
You could say the same about the German citizens and WWII.
One could, yes. As far as I'm aware, even a matter of collective guilt (which is related but different from causation) is not exactly unanimously agreed upon between renown philosophers.

And just to be clear - I'm not saying it's true or false (heck, I have very mixed feelings), I'm saying it's arguable.