Bruno Kahl, President of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), is convinced that the population of Russia largely supports their leader Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine.
An overwhelming majority of russians are committed to imperialism. A strong majority are committed to genocidal imperialism.
This has nothing to do with not supporting the war being illegal. A tiny minority within a minority actually opposes imperialism. Even so called “russian liberals” generally support the annexation of Crimea and are committed to the extermination of occupied nations’ culture and language.
This is all cross validated by multiple research approaches (both quantitative and qualitative), across multiple sources, with time series analysis and so on.
Most Westerners have their reasons for avoiding the truth about the vast majority of russians.
Oh, I’m well aware, but I also do my best to avoid sweeping generalizations. I do agree that Russian society and culture on that front is… shall we say, deeply problematic.
The common (mis)use of generalizations does not preclude the possibility of a society being overwhelmingly (80%+ after adjustments for preference falsification) committed to imperialism.
An overwhelming majority of russians are committed to imperialism. A strong majority are committed to genocidal imperialism.
This has nothing to do with not supporting the war being illegal. A tiny minority within a minority actually opposes imperialism. Even so called “russian liberals” generally support the annexation of Crimea and are committed to the extermination of occupied nations’ culture and language.
This is all cross validated by multiple research approaches (both quantitative and qualitative), across multiple sources, with time series analysis and so on.
Most Westerners have their reasons for avoiding the truth about the vast majority of russians.
Oh, I’m well aware, but I also do my best to avoid sweeping generalizations. I do agree that Russian society and culture on that front is… shall we say, deeply problematic.
It’s not a sweeping generalization. It’s reality.
The common (mis)use of generalizations does not preclude the possibility of a society being overwhelmingly (80%+ after adjustments for preference falsification) committed to imperialism.
Fair point; I tend to be overly cautious when using that broad of a brush, but I don’t disagree