Not willing to die for the benefit of politicians and elites businesses
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I can't say I blame them, you're getting a raw deal at the best of times, and they're only munching more of your paycheque each year
But clearly the Fins and Ukrainians feel differently, because of big bad Russia
Ukrainians have been pushed to a war they can never win and that completely destroys their country, so it isn't in their interest. They could have had a peace deal long time ago but USA and UK stopped it.
I'm not really in the weeds on this one but I assume its because certain politcal elite in Ukraine are benefitting from the funds that they're not interested in peace, I can't see a regular citizen wanting war of any kind
nations rally
but it takes a legit threat
Russia has the GDP of Italy, with a crashing population. they can't even beat Ukraine after two years
Mexico is scarier
nobody takes Russia seriously anymore
Indeed public perception can change on a dime, and when the threat isn't in your face, you don't feel that fight or flight response, for me personally even if my neighbouring countries invaded, i don't think i'd be motivated to defend our borders
Why do you say Mexico is scarier or you just mean in terms of their economic power should they choose to turn on the US?
tequila beats vodka and they don't have a crashing population to the lack of babies
my main point is that russia's a lot weaker than people think