Oddbean

It's a war. Winning matters. Russia is the one murdering Ukrainians, by, among other things, hunting for civilians with drones. Killing off Russians as efficiently as possible saves lives. Not all lives are equal. It would be perfectly acceptable to kill a thousand Russian soldiers to avoid the deaths of one Ukrainian. https://x.com/CaolanRob/status/1843749934379515953

Are you kind of insane? I think any human has kind of the same value. Only by a passport the value of being human should not lower nor elevate your value. Every russian who flees and collaborates is a win. For sure there have to be security measures for spies. But when they can collarborate and demonstrate their friends from the front, that they will be treated humain after resigning, this could impact the moral of russians in a good pacifistic way.

I don’t agree. All lives are equal. No human is worth no number of other humans. All war is despicable. It’s unfortunate that young guys are being made to fight on behalf of their dictator. I’m sure none of them want to be there. Well, maybe a few.

The super majority of Russian soldiers that are dying are volunteers. Russia has not fully mobilized yet for political reasons. They're getting people to fight by paying them extremely well instead. That's also why Russia is increasingly recruiting soldiers from outside Russia too: soldiers from countries that are more poor than Russia are cheaper. These people don't deserve our pity. They volunteered to murder Ukrainians for money and died for it. The world is a better place without them. "all lives are equal" is "defund the police" level nonsense.