If you pick an average Russian person in Russia and you ask them a political question, obviously they're gonna answer as the government says because, my dear Nazi, modern Russia is a D-I-C-T-A-T-O-R-S-H-I-P, that could get you ten years in prison just for saying "Yeah, y'know, I don't like this thing that the government is doing"
Yeah, that is my point too. Do you see this word you used, "Nazi"? That is also part of the story about how Russia became a dictatorship. Because it is simple to point at any group, no matter which, and call them Nazis. That is how you get 25 years of Putin. That is how you get WW2 cult obsession, "we can repeat", Stalin peaking in approval ratings. Because majority of people will eat untold amount of shit and say afterwards "nazis are trying to conquer us so we must stand behind the leader no matter what". "Nazi" for Russia simply means some outsider who is perceived as trying to fight/threaten the state. Ideology is secondary at best.
And don't get me wrong, far right in Europe is of the same cloth. They just haven't taken over yet like in Russia, and i and many others will do everything to prevent it. Russia is a great warning to any remotely sane person. Too bad vast majority of Russians themselves could not heed the warnings.
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u/Weirdo9495 4d ago
Quite easy. Just pick an average Russian person and ask them questions about range of issues. They'll easily look like a villain.