We are not talking about Russians as individuals or living in Russia, but how the Russian government conducts itself with the developing world. I don’t know if you are intentionally misunderstanding my comment, or if I need to spell things outright.
To be clear Russia is guilty of war crimes and imperialism but it never presents itself in a hypocritical and racist manner as holier-than-thou. It never claims to be the arbiter of human rights and demands certain concessions of the rest of the world. Add to that, the developed world doesn’t have a collective bad memory of Russian imperialism and colonialism unlike with the West.
The quotes from the FT post I shared earlier should make it clear what I’m trying to convey here. This is not a gotcha game, the perception is real, regardless of how inaccurate you may feel it is, and the way the West conducts itself only cements it.
We are not talking about Russians as individuals or living in Russia, but how the Russian government conducts itself with the developing world. I don’t know if you are intentionally misunderstanding my comment, or if I need to spell things outright.
To be clear Russia is guilty of war crimes and imperialism but it never presents itself in a hypocritical and racist manner as holier-than-thou. It never claims to be the arbiter of human rights and demands certain concessions of the rest of the world. Add to that, the developed world doesn’t have a collective bad memory of Russian imperialism and colonialism unlike with the West.
The quotes from the FT post I shared earlier should make it clear what I’m trying to convey here. This is not a gotcha game, the perception is real, regardless of how inaccurate you may feel it is, and the way the West conducts itself only cements it.
You can’t convince them, as they don’t want to listen. They are not here to be educated, but to giggle and laugh with their likeminded peers