mindset an occupiers

 

-There was me thinking he was too much of a buffoon to be anything other than a clown;Lukashenko doesn't want to be dragged into Putin's madness he also doesn't want Belarus to be part of Russia he only wants to remain undisputed leader of Belarus forever! Did you notice how hesitant he's to attack UKRAINE since the beginning of the invasion!
-Hang on a minute… How many of those Russian conscripts actually want to be there and how many of them are actually evil. Many would be middle aged and many would be young with family at home.

Another war with countless innocent people on both sides. Was that school loaded with mercenaries, for whom I have no sympathy? Or was it full of conscripts. There is I know, a reputation amongst Russian forces who are accused of atrocities. I dunno if the destruction of the school issomething to really rejoice about. I keep imagining all those dragged into the carnage by Putin who sits safely.

I guess I wonder about the ordinary Russian who is dragged unwillingly into the madness, just as so many ordinary Germans who weren't Nazis ended up on the Russian front.

An absolute horror. No other choices but to attack Russian positions. They have to be defeated.

Too bad Putin wasn't in that school.

That would definitely be reason to rejoice.

core Russians do not value freedom, cooperation and prosperity. They believe in raw strength, hierarchy and domination. And this mindset is shared by an overwhelming majority of Russians.
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This mindset is also called: chauvinistic, imperialistic, traditionalist, soviet. I prefer not to use the term ‘conservative’, because it has nothing in common with the Western conservatives. Completely different values and morale.
This set of belief is frequently mockingly marked homo soveticus. There is a story behind it: USSR had claimed to develop a new, better species of a human being, devoid of greed and selfishness. The label reflects that they indeed grew a new species, but with completely different traits.
Misunderstanding competition. Core russians always treat the western concept of competition as a hostility at best, ruthless fight till death at worst. This is reflected in their movies and stories about the West. As a result, in Russian business, such culture of competition is in place. They fight till they have no competitors, often relying on corrupt officials to drive competitors out of business. An ideal achievement for a core Russian is monopoly. Total domination of a market.

Such misunderstanding comes, probably, as a side effect of misunderstanding cooperatoon, and from Soviet culture, which described competition in such a way.

This approach applies to all spheres: business, sport, even pop culture. Only in Russia, garage bands spoil each other’s equipment and tear off posters.

Fatalism. Everything is pre-determined. A person cannot change their fate. We are little people and nothing depends on us. This is sometimes labelled as “acquired helplessness syndrome”.

Might is right. Core Russians only respect strength. Raw strength. This is why there are so much casual manslaughter, caused by a drunken brawl gone badly, including father-son debates. Any formal agreement (such as ‘law’), is only respected if there is some enforcement directly behind it, and punishment for violation is severe.

Crime does not exist. (derived from moral relativity). Everybody steal. If they are successful, they are lucky. If not, too bad for them. But stealing from me is a crime, and I will kill for that!