[varyouga]

“First, this illustrates the Russian citizens belief this is a war against the collective West”

You cant evaluate the average Russian citizen’s belief because they are not allowed to *talk* openly and every single website/blog opened in Russia is reviewed and banned within hours if it does not fit Kremlin guidelines

[Krosan]

They have to believe they are fighting “against the whole collective West” to protect their fragile egos.

Otherwise they’d have to admit that they’re getting beaten by much smaller Ukraine, whom they have always seen as subhumans and conquerable in 3 days.

[delta7]

Unlike you, I have lived in Moscow training Ivans, I have many friends there. They are united in defeating the West, especially the Ukro Neo- Nazis.

They are rock solid united, and overwhelmingly support Vlad. The troubling part is the few have said they should turn Nato and EU into a huge smoking hole….

Draw your own conclusions, but make not the mistake of believing senile Joes narrative spewed by our MSM.

[wildcard_redneck]

"You cant evaluate the average Russian citizen’s belief because they are not allowed to *talk* openly and every single website/blog opened in Russia is reviewed and banned within hours if it does not fit Kremlin guidelines"

I see that you do not realize that in America you live under the same sort of regime.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

You can't evaluate the average American's belief because they know they will get kicked off of their favorite social media platforms, and could potentially lose their jobs if they express incorrect opinions on the wrong topics.

Even here on FR there are certain opinions shared by lots of conservatives that are verboten.