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UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 2 months agoI don’t think a grassroots revolution will be taking place anytime soon, but this is aimed at the young people of Russia who are against the war. The old people there love Putin but I suspect they also aren’t watching YouTube.
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The majority of the young people in Russia are genocidal imperialists. Support for extermination of other countries is of course higher in the older generations, but that doesn’t change the fact a solid majority of young (e.g. 18 to 29) are genocidal imperialists.
I understand that it might be reassuring to repeat platitudes like “young people of russia are against the war”, but this is clearly not true.
Even the framing is suspect. What do you mean by “the war”; the full-scale invasion? In Ukraine, the war started in 2014 with annexation of Crimea and russian invasion of Donbas.
Petter1@lemm.ee 2 months ago
May I know where you found the info that a solid majority of young Russians (well, I think you only talk about those that did not already leave) supports the war?
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A tiny % left and even among them there are many genocidal nationalists and fake opposition types.
Look up any research on the topic Russian Field, Levada, LSE List Experiment on support from the war among Russians.
I believe the general trend was that every age category had a majority and that at one point the 30-40 age group had slightly lower support for russian annexation and destruction of Ukrainian identity that the 18 -29 age group.
Petter1@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I don’t know those sources, but I fear those aren’t really representative Maybe someone wants to dig, I have no time for that right now…