[notRobot]

Lmao.

> They are very aware that their country is massively worse off than the rest of the world

That's not necessarily true. They don't have access to the internet or foreign media. Only propaganda.

> yet they don't murder their kings

If it was that easy, every country would be a democracy.

[someweirdperson]

>> yet they don't murder their kings

> If it was that easy, every country would be a democracy.

If it was that easy, every country would be ruled by the group of people that is best at killing kings.

[hackerman123469]

Seems about right for the modern age if you look at history and how many "kings" have been killed

[41tor]

>That's not necessarily true. They don't have access to the internet or foreign media. Only propaganda.

That's wildly inaccurate, read "Nothing to Envy" then educate yourself on advancements in censorship circumvention since then -- they regularly get movies and films on USB paired with broadcasts into border regions.

[dmitriid]

There are currently people in Russia with near-unlimited access to internet (and until quite recently with near-unlimited access to travel) who sincerely believe that the West is hell on Earth.

You greatly underestimate the power of propaganda.

[wuiheerfoj]

There are currently people in the USA with near-unlimited access to internet who sincerely believe that Russia is hell on Earth.

[tartoran]

Russia is hell on earth within some respects and that doesn’t mean the US isn’t when it comes to others. It’s subjective what it means hell on earth but neither the US nor Russia take the medal for worst place in the world to be.

[41tor]

Speaking as an American... they can stay in Russia then, more power to them.

I remember seeing a video of two guys just walking holding hands and the entire town basically ready to jump them, not knowing there was a camera going.

If they want to live like victims, fine, that's a choice you can make, I just don't want them exporting their insanity.