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How is that any different than making gas prices higher?

As I've said one is about inter-government foreign relations other is matter of individual people. I don't see how there could be a coherent worldview that lumps the two together. It kind of erodes the idea of a difference between military and civilian targets, and also makes all terrorism completely justified. It could only be viable in a world where every single country is a fascist enthnostate, where if your state is at war with another, then every national of that country is your personal enemy.

I kinda vaguely get your idea that without Trump and Putin none of this would've ever happened, but what you're suggesting as a right course of action, which I assume is to attempt to forcefully depose a leader whenever they do dumb shit, this means not only civil wars throughout the world, but given your implication that foreigners are allowed to join in the action, a full on WW3 that'd never end. I'd rather live in current state of affairs where only a few countries fight each other with at most a million soldiers and the remaining billions of people living mostly peacefully and chill with each other, over a world where everyone always takes direct action against anyone involved in any group that ever wronged them, even if indirectly.

This is getting too complex, so let me simplify it: If me, you, an Iranian and Ukrainian meet somewhere, none of us should punch each other, nor vandalize each other's property, steal from, nor try to mislead or scam each other, even if we disagree with each other or with each other's government's actions. Neither we should cheer or stay inactive if either one of us does any of those things. If someone agrees with their government actions they are free to join their respective countries military. If not we could pressure our respective governments directly through votes, legal actions, representatives and whatnot, and through positions and stakes at our companies, to stop the offending and provide aid to the victims. We could all go volunteer and donate to charities in any of the countries, and we could even organize ones in our respective ones. We could boycott offending countries, and support victim countries economies together. We could even realistically all join victim's state's foreign legions, but this is a bit iffy by my books. And we definitely shouldn't go Al-Quaeda flying planes into buildings, for any reason, ever, no matter the amount of victims or the potential economic impact, I hope at least that we can agree is peak shittery.

One thing I would like to add, I've talked about this years before, but I guess with NATO troops in Ukraine now being completely out of the picture, the equation of the outcome of this war boils down to Ukraine's budget and Ukraine's headcount versus Russia's budget and Russia's headcount. And despite that, it's largely independent of Ukraine. Let me clarify: The only way balance the headcount given the Ukraine's smaller population, is to reduce the Russia's headcount, which it still is balanced out by majority of Russia's population unwillingness to participate in this unjust war, not by disproportionate KIA as propagandists on both sides might say, really it's been floating in 1-1.2 range. So better keep it that way and not piss them off needlessly, as every time a bunch of NAFO fucks joke about meatcubes or something, somewhere in Russia someone joins the army. Yes, Z fucks do that as well but for the same exact reason it's to their own detriment. On the budget part, Ukraine's economy is completely fucked, 50% of revenue coming from foreign aid, which is still not enough tbh, but to at least keep it coming they better not commit any atrocities, you've said you'd find them justifiable given the situation, but someone else might not, and given how every penny counts, they wisely do not. But do buy Ukrainian products if you can, it really does go a long way. On the other hand, Russian budget is roughly 28% fuel exports, 45% VAT and other business taxes, 20% personal taxes and 7% rest, which all goes 32% to war and 8% to cops. It was already squeezed hard by sanctions and companies relocating voluntarily, which has lead to the current stalemate as Russia can't really afford any more guns or people, and it can be squeezed even further by even more sanctions, diplomacy with third countries that are still buying and/or engaging in re-barelling, developing alternate fuel sources/routes, and, counterintuitively, by helping Russians get out of Russia so that they don't pay VAT and income taxes to Putin. It hits very hard and is effective, and none of it involves direct sabotage or pissing them off. On the contrary, countries like Georgia and Armenia have boosted their GDP quite significantly since 2022 with minimal inflation in no small part due to influx of Russians and Russian companies. Imagine if Ukraine allowed them in, two birds one stone as they say, empty Putin's coffers and put in Zelensky's, but, very much understandably, not going to happen. Don't take it as me begging to let Russians in either, me and my friends already landed places to stay :P Just dreaming of one day where this does happen and some wannabe warmonger finds themselves with no people, no money, no manufacturing, and all their yesterday's income going to their now enemy, that'd be hilarious.

God did I went on a tangent, and yet haven't mentioned NGO's, why RDK/LSR failed, astroturfing and troll factories, CIA and state hackers, etc, but I think that's enough rambling for today as is.