humbletightband

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humbletightband ,

Well.... there are actually a lot of things we could've taken from the old days. Atmosphere without excessive co2 for instance

humbletightband ,

Not here to defend Russia, but afaik Russian soldiers earn about $2000/mo, which would be good for India if higher rank officers didn't take a huge portion of it to themselves.

Ukrainian soldiers earn slightly less - about $1600-1800, but I haven't heard about wage theft there.

humbletightband ,

Do not forget about PTSD if you come back alive

humbletightband ,

Our HR manager will contact you

humbletightband ,

The tragic thing is that, for some, it might be.

To add a context here: since the start of the war, the poverty in Russia dropped from 22% to 9.6%. Of course there are both a factor of manipulation with statistics before the presidential elections and a lag between poverty metrics and inflation, but the number still blows my mind: more than 10 million people were elevated from the poverty.

But don't get tricked here: people were forced to poverty, and then the government gave away a few coins back.

humbletightband ,

reducing the % of poor people across the whole population of Russia

No, no, no. Even Ukraine estimates Russian casualties as 400k, and they include severely wounded, pov, and Ukrainians mobilized from occupied territories. Russia has 120-140m people (there's a conspiracy about how many people live there, but sociologists give this range). In the first COVID year the excessive deaths were about 1m. Hence the casualties, cynically speaking, is not that significant.

humbletightband ,

Why? The Russian government spends enormous sum on soldiers salaries, paying unthinkable $2000/mo.

What's your point? They don't really pay this much? Or maybe the war has elevated 1m families of soldiers, while it was compensated by other events?

humbletightband ,

While I agree that sanctions affected only the privileged minority as myself, there are subtle signs that Russian society isn't taking the war in a healthy way:

  1. High reported anxiety with a peak at Sep 2022 https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/26/bursts-of-anxiety-impact-of-ukraine-war-on-russians-laid-bare-in-poll

  2. Spiked alcohol consumption (+10% a year) https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/15/alcohol-dependency-in-russia-increases-for-first-time-in-a-decade-a83718

  3. An anti-war presidential candidate that had 10% support a month before the election

humbletightband ,

It'll never be enough, until it is 🤷🏼‍♂️

Driven by economic hardship and war fatigue, Russians are increasingly in favour of withdrawing troops from Ukraine without achieving the war's objectives, according to recent sociological research ( voxeurop.eu )

By the end of 2023, Russians who support a troop withdrawal from Ukraine "without achieving the war goals" were for the first time more numerous than those who oppose such a move. Ordinary Russians consider the war to be the most important negative fact in their lives and want it to end quickly....

humbletightband ,

Because Putin is perceived by Russians as something like a drought - you adapt and coexist with this. The elections are the period where people tend to self-reflect on their future.

The dangers of it are not the fact that Mr. Putin won't be elected, the problem is sabotage. I remember in 2014 I talked with my ex's father's friend - he was a colonel in the Russian army, artillery namely. He was telling stories about a unit that was sent to Ukraine that hadn't been aiming properly on purpose and even had been communicating their position with their Ukrainian peers for them to do the same. I wish something similar would've happened in 2022.

humbletightband ,

I'll do nothing. Either way those people will eventually die - because of the train or because of starvation and dehydration. I would prefer the train.

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