Well don’t you know? If only Russians protested, they would’ve overthrown Putin already, and the war with Ukraine wouldn’t be a thing. That’s what USians on Reddit keep saying, so it must be true. Nevermind the Bolotnaya protest, or the endless years-long protesting across the far-east and northern regions, or the 2020-21 protests in Belarus, those don’t count. Just need to protest more, pease bro, one more protest, it will solve authoritarianism.
Are they? What have they actually achieved other than large gatherings of people?
No one can do anything alone.
Well don’t you know? If only Russians protested, they would’ve overthrown Putin already, and the war with Ukraine wouldn’t be a thing. That’s what USians on Reddit keep saying, so it must be true. Nevermind the Bolotnaya protest, or the endless years-long protesting across the far-east and northern regions, or the 2020-21 protests in Belarus, those don’t count. Just need to protest more, pease bro, one more protest, it will solve authoritarianism.