Meaningful change in Russia is unlikely without defeat. Lessons from Germany show how accountability and reform follow war.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5554417

Nazi Germany confronted its crimes only after military defeat made denial untenable. Russia, by contrast, continues to equate victory with moral legitimacy. Without a clear and undeniable defeat, there is no sense of guilt—and without guilt, no basis for reflection or reform.

  • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Russia planning to attack NATO is a clear sign Putin needs this over and done with, to keep his life he can’t lose in Ukraine though, but if he loses to NATO actual, he be able to wrangle it as not his fault.