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Who is "they" in this dialectic? The Russian people definitely deserves a future. They could even win freedom from corruption, also win democracy, and even pluralism, thanks to the outcome of this war. They deserve no less. Vladimir and his cronies deserves a hefty wake-up call...

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russian people should do something about it then. Iron curtain didnt fell on it own, there were years of strikes involving bloody clashes with military.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Polish_protests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1976_protests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Lublin_strikes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacification_of_Wujek

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Popie%C5%82uszko#Assassi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Polish_strikes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union...

Similar things were happening in Czechoslovakia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution and other European countries under Soviet occupation.

Here in the real world no one gets anything because they "deserve it".

If they want a future they have to fight for it.

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