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Littlepixie | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Imho, if those people pretend that nothing bad is happening and still living their happy life, you can blame them for ignoracy. 

Maybe you do not want to leave the country, but there are some way how to not supported it to much (buying #noKYCbitcoin and donate it to someone who can use it in better way). 

Actualy before visiting Georgia, I didn'thave this minset. But I saw lot of Russian tourist there who didn't care about nothing - only how to enjoy they life.
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ThornTooth | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Knowing something is wrong is not mutually exclusive with continuing to enjoy life in spite of it.

Taxes do not pay for Govt spending when they are in a deficit and covering the debt with QE of their currency, like most countries. Taxes are a threat to citizenry of imprisonment if not paid in full, nothing more.

I agree that if these tourists are actively ignorant, its a shame, but the Russian Govt would do what they want either way.

Did Hiroshima and Nagasaki, mostly citizens, deserve to get an Atomic Bomb dropped on them in WW2?
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33e971a3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 *Imagine launching an oversees war and throwing all of your Chicago 
ghetto residents and Latino gangbangers at it. It would be popular here,
 too.*

With the nationalist bonus of annexing Canada.