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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The risk of speaking out is definitely real, especially if you are a person of influence. I also think unwavering patriotism is really big in Russia. There seems to be the sentiment that many people don't want to be fighting with Ukraine, so they easily buy into what Putin is selling. For some that are against the war, they still support it because regardless of what is happening, they still want Russia to be victorious. Right or wrong isn't the issue for those people, it's about winning or losing. They feel that they are already in too deep and the damage to their country is already done, so winning at this point is just preferable, so might as well support it.
The U.S. is similar in some ways, and I suppose most countries would be like that. For example, the Iraq War was widely unpopular in the U.S. You certainly had the "hurrah" right wing supporters that just wanted to kick ass, but a lot of people opposed the war on moral grounds still supported the overall effort and wanted the U.S. to at least be victorious and not routed. A lot of democrats and left leaners vocally criticized the war, but used the "support the troops" rallying cry to justify continuing the overall effort. It was probably a relative minority that realistically thought just pulling out mid-invasion was in the best interests of the country.
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True, now that we are so doing such a wrong thing anyway, we could find some solace in winning. Problem is, we are wrong AND losing. Yet, to Russian people credit, many were against the war from the start, even when most thought we gonna roll over Ukraine.