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Children’s rights champion suggests reopening Soviet labour camps in summer holidays

  • A Sharky Anthro@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    Ah, looks like the ill-advised War to take Ukraine is grinding too much of their workforce into either deserters or unnecessary casualties. Sane leaders would’ve long given up (or never started) a war that is so very worthless fight or continue. However, Putin will instead continue the fruitless war effort and try to get children to work, as they yearn for hard labor instead of playing ball or being carefree. I genuinely wonder if Russia has a future as a nation, given what Putin’s sustained and incompetent leadership has doomed them towards inevitable collapse.

    • Aniki@feddit.orgEnglish
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      23 hours ago

      i’m not sure whether it’s relevant in this context but i remember reading that it’s mostly the russian oligarchs who pushed for this war. putin, among all them, is the most cool-headed one

      i’m not saying that to defend them or anything, but i think that the thought that “if we get rid of putin, things will improve” is a very ill-advised take.

      • A Sharky Anthro@fedia.io
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        23 hours ago

        I never said getting rid of Putin would change anything…The unique conditions that Russian citizens have lived under for years upon years, would enable anyone to replace Putin and be just as shit as him. If that person sucked a little less, and life improved a tiny bit. Nobody would care, it would be business as usual. I wouldn’t be surprised that Russian Oligarchs might have had some influence, as the rich always benefit from a terrible war.