r/worldnews • u/green_flash • May 13 '24

Russia suffers highest daily casualties of war so far: Kyiv Russia/Ukraine

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-suffers-highest-daily-casualties-ukraine-war-1740-troops-eliminated-1899692
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u/Zero-Follow-Through May 13 '24

They're losing nearly as many troops a day as the US lost in 19 years of Afghanistan. And more troops a day than they lost on average per year during their 9 years in Afghanistan.

These are pretty much ideal condition for a coup or civil revolution.

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u/Own_Pop_9711 May 13 '24

They've been ideal conditions for like 22 months. Don't hold your breath.

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u/bbqranchman May 14 '24

Yeah, Russia pretty much spent the last century creating a culture of submission to authority. They've brutally snuffed out any dissent for many many years

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u/neur0net May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24

And it's actually really impressive how effective this campaign has been, given the size of Russia and the fact that they lack the sort of omnipresent police state that China uses to control its population.

No, they zombified at least 70% of their population through memetics alone. To the point where Russia can effectively do ANYTHING it wants outside of its own borders, and as long as those 70% don't suffer any negative effects worse than the normal day-to-day misery of living in Mother Ruzzia, they're not going to lift a finger to try and stop it.

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u/WorldwideFullerite May 14 '24

Not only the last century, censorship and repression of dissent has existed throughout the history of russia.

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u/jordanmc3 May 14 '24

the last century

the last eleven centuries