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vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day agoOr maybe you meant the freedom to free-fall out a window when running as a political opposition to Putin?
Oh, yes. My sister’s friend once went to a protest. Each time she crosses the border (has to see relatives in Russia and all that), it’s an hour long interview.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 day ago
When talking to Russians who emigrated away from Russia, you will find plenty of stories just like your sister’s friend’s one.
What the people idolizing the country seem to not realize is that living there as a national is oppressive. Your standard of living depends on staying in the good graces of the government—good graces that can quickly be lost by appearing to go against them.
The United States government is working its way towards that at an astonishing pace, but saying Russia has more freedoms is a complete falsehood.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
First of all, your standard of living heavily depends on how big a network of friends and family you have. If it’s zero, then as a guy your life won’t be very interesting, and as a gal you might run out of non-exploitative choices.
Second, about good graces and such - yeah, doing political activism you might start having problems with banking and many other things.