[theo_luddite]

I would then say brainwashed into being dozy. When only a few stand up they end up in the salt mines as they are easy pickings. it's spread all over their TV to keep the proles in order. It needs a significant minority or small majority to stand up to make the difference as happened in Ukraine and they changed to democracy.

A significant minority, mainly called Putin, has decided he doesn't like it and that same significant minority continues to rule the roost in Russia. Millions of people are ruled by a powerful but small minority. If the people of Russia ever wake up to the fact that a few (very few) thousand of his hitmen/thugs are controlling the millions, things might change.

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The other thing is, Putin will quite happily murder and turn Russian troops on his own people. If he regards Ukraine as Russian he's been doing it for years already, let alone those that disagree with him.