Re:Tell HN: If You Are in Russia
by bvrmn on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @05:07AM
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There is no such thing like Russian soul. But Bolshevist legacy and Checkist persons in control. See how Korea was split and become completely different countries from the same people.
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Re:Tell HN: If You Are in Russia
by throw_a_grenade on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:45AM
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> There is no such thing like Russian soul.
There is: https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%.... That you don't understand it does not make it less real.
As I understand it (I'm from Poland, not exactly Russia, but we share enough culture and history) it's a way of describing something between culture and attitude to life. It's not limited to a phenomenon of extreme political apathy combined with distrust of anyone unknown (this is called homo sovieticus), but also a way of coping with learned helplessness, mostly by expression in family and close relatives.
BTW I'm Russian, 39 years old. I was grown in typical Russian family with engineer and financial specialist parents. I was taught in usual school and university. But I hate all past 20 Putin years and all Putin's supporters. And I know I'm not alone. There is no mythic soul or mentality.
They are different countries but still they are very strict, hierarchical, conformist societies, and so is Japan. I think maybe it's just the same mindset put into different economic systems.
South Korea and Japan has a history of changing a ruling person by non-election means. It's the only thing that matters for stable democracy. Ukrainian and Russian situation is very similar. Propaganda poisoned people and there are no enough free minds to stand against Putin.