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Title: Russian guilt Author: Dmitry Mrachnik Date: 5 November 2017 Language: en Topics: Russia, imperialism Source: Retrieved on 5th February 2022 from https://www.nihilist.li/2017/11/05/russian-guilt/
Dear Russians, if we say, that you’re responsible for aggressive acts of
your government, it means just that you make a criminal omission. We
know your political abilities in Putin’s repressive police state and do
not wait for mass demonstrations or empowered terror. But you could cool
down the heat of imperial madness, multiply and reduce its violence. You
could simply reject and criticize anti-ukrainian propaganda, deconstruct
those ridiculous myths about «fascist Maidan», «people’s uprising at the
East» and the «bloody mess of Kiev junta».
Ukraine has got a lot of crap — corrupted government, far right
nationalists, poverty etc. But we had had it before. It’s our crap that
we fight with for many years. Are you sure that we need your help? All
of your sources are government propaganda and TV-puppets. Better think
of saving yourself.
We wouldn’t blame you for Putin’s crimes, but we will condemn you for
your cowardice and spinelessness, that made you salute those crimes and
make them worse. You have a small amount of people who make you start
fixing your own problems — police state, poverty and militarism. They’re
the best of you — listen to them and fight you regime, instead of
playing a role of «white people» who bring the light to «savage
ukrainian barbarians».
Russian media and communication are in an escalated condition. Even a
simple «like» or «share» in social media isn’t a inoffensive pampering
anymore — they indicate a straight political position. If there are
likes and shares of Kremlin propaganda, their stories or
interpretations, it’s time to think about your sidekick role in a state
machine. But the silence isn’t better. As the most smart part of you
think, who is worse — Ukraine or «people’s republics» in the East, your
government strikes the army, that still stands because of the enthusiasm
and civil donations.
If you can’t get all the severity of the context, ignoring the predatory
actions of your state, you’ll feel Kremlin’s boot on your own throat
really soon. It will grind all the independent social institutes you
still have. You have lost almost all the freedom after Putin’s
coronation in 2000, and you still believe in Russian messiah. Putin’s
war against Ukraine isn’t a war against fascism, whatever the TV says.
This is the real fascist war starring russian far right nationalist
projects, and you have the sidekick role .
If you didn’t pluck up courage and demand to stop this massacre, you
would be guilty till your death die. You will respond for your cowardice
that stopped you from sabotaging this hell machine that was built right
before your eyes.