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[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

I've read these stories multiple times now and I still don't quite understand what's happening.

Why do these people think, burning down the offices does anything? I mean, the "scammers" apparently tell them, it's their patriotic duty to do so, but what weird mixture of slave mentality and superiority complex do you have to have to think it's your duty to burn down military buildings for some shady kabal of a patriotic underground?

[-] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

Well, it doesn't make it easier to enlist. And it doesn't target civilians. And it sends the message that there are folks operating in the area that have the means to do these things. No matter who it is.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

Look up, who this is. Grandmas. And they claim to act on behalf of some patriotic group in the government that is actually pro war.

And that just doesn't make sense. 90 years old women standing in the middle of the street with Molotov cocktails. Literally, that's no exaggeration.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Nothing makes sense in Russia and never did. Just relax and enjoy the show!

[-] crypticthree@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

There is a tremendous amount of cultural weight behind this. The Russian Revolution began on International Woman's Day 1917 when crowds of women, often older, gathered in St Petersburg to protest the price of bread and the ongoing insanity of the Great War. Those women started the fire that would burn down the Czarist State

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Damn! Good to know. Thank you for the history lesson. It gives me some hope!

[-] DONTBANTHISACCOUNT@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

How doesn't it make it easier to enlist? Please explain if You wouldn't mind ?

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