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Bro, we put sanctions on you for a reason, not to help you after they hurt you.

It definitely hurts Russia if their most talented workers relocate out of the country

sure, but hes asking for remote work as well, for those staying in Moscow.

I think its very funny, him speaking about 2hours a day, like his in grave danger. He didnt mention anything about being presecuted.

I happen to know people stuck in Ukraine fearing for their life so please excuse me that I find it hard to emphatize with him. I would feel bad if he dint overstate how bad his situation is.

Maybe I was not 100% clear on that.

People who look for remote work need it to stay somewhere _outside_ of Russia and work remotely from there. Relocation is no easy feat, at least to do it quickly. Especially with half of the flights out of Russia being shut down.

This person is fleeing their home of decades, their family and friends, for the unknown with barely anything to start from the ground somewhere. Did you expect them to single-handedly take Putin down themselves? If they didn't vote for Putin, they have my utmost sympathy and I wish I could help. Anti-Putin Russians are also lesser victims in this war on Ukraine. Remember, protesting Putin and the war can now lead to 15 years in a Russian gulag.

"bro" we put sanctions on the gov not to hurt your everyday Ivan. Its not like they live in a democracy and russians can just do anything about their dictator gov.

The sanctions most definitely were, are, should and will be targeting much more than the government.

Unfortunately this is true - apathy or indifference with the leader forms partial complicity with the actions in Ukraine. Even if only 1%. The economic success of an individual contributes to the evil leader's actions by providing money and resources to the military as taxes (etc). It's sad but until a million people march on Putin and hang him from the yard arm to restore their beautiful nation and start restoration payments to Ukraine, the sanctions need to be very heavy and target the entire country as a whole. Sad situation.

I think this is an overly simple answer to a complex dynamic. If you invest time researching victimization, you will understand why victims are usually not in a position of power to decide their fate. Some even actively support the perpetrators — that’s not a sign of a real will, but a symptom of submission.

All this is achieved by perpetrator through fear and manipulation. There is a reason why societies keep ending in this kind of situation, and this reason is not a lack of will to “stop the abuse”.

Human mind has dozens of biases, those who exploit them and add physical abuse to the mix very often end up on top. In USSR this exploitation was made into an art, especially at earlier times (30s and 40s).

not sure this is realistic

million people get together? you need some kind of leadership. this mean u have someone u can aim your snipers at / throw KGB at to disappear into a gulag and never be seen again...

russia is not exactly usa where you are free to buy assault rifles in grocery store, or where you can buy even a small gun for that matter... its not like bunch of guys decide to storm Kremlin over the weekend and magically overthrow the gov

I mean it happened in russia in the past, but it was literally at a cost of several millions dead, not sure if this is the right solution

It is entirely realistic and has happened several times in modern history, at least a few in the last decade

Two examples of not "single leader" protests happened in 2013, in Brazil and Turkey

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_protests_in_Brazil

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezi_Park_protests

P.S.: I don't have an opinion regarding whether Russian people are "responsible" for staying in Russia and "fixing" their government, but I upvoted everyone answering to this part of the thread/topic in a civil manner. Not many other places I could witness a discussion like this that does not degrade into insults

I was talking in context of russia. of course protests happen everywhere sometimes they have a result sometimes not. but look at russia's history and how they deal with people who try to stir things up..

This is to hurt the Russian government and economy so that the leaders can reconsider their decisions. They live in an authoritarian regime, the citizens are negatively impacted as a side-effect of the decision of their leaders. Have some empathy, I'm sure a majority of Russia citizens are not ok with the war.

No, this is to affect the people. People without jobs or money have time and motivation to march to the capital to enact the needed policy changes to get the sanctions removed.

Tell me you have lived in a democratic society your entire life without telling me.

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