• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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    9 months ago

    A simple explanation might be that people are afraid to speak their minds because they expect reprisals from the regime.

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      9 months ago

      But they’re willing to say Ukraine should negotiate? And not only are they positive about Ukraine’s chances, but they also think they’re going to roll Russia out of territory it’s held uncontested since 2014?

      Just seems wildly inconsistent.

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        9 months ago

        Saying they support negotiations seems like a pretty mild thing to say no? Outright saying that you don’t believe in Ukrainian victory could earn you a trip to the frontlines.

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      9 months ago

      That’s how I handle especially sensitive questions on the surveys that I take, even when they explicitly assure me that my identity shall remain ‘confidential’. I just lie. Any researcher careless enough to ask something like ‘Have you done anything illegal lately?’ hardly deserves a truthful answer.

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      9 months ago

      They aren’t living in Russia. There is no ‘regime’ and they can freely say whatever they want. Its Russia, where a regime prohibits what you can say, for example call the war a war or lay down flowers in memory of Nawalny. You are mixing up these two countries.