From: banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, 26 June 2023 at 22:26:36 UTC+10, Ilya Shambat wrote:   
   > Vladimir Putin broke my heart. I used to support him. Then he invaded   
   Ukraine and destroyed everything that he had worked for.    
      
   Apparently his position has weakened after the failed coup, so western media   
   says. But as the MSM are liars the opposite must be correct.   
      
   >    
   > I have put in vast effort into translating Russian poetry into English.   
   Russians have never been good at politics, but they have been good at   
   literature, and making available for English-speaking audiences the work of   
   Russian literary masters is a    
   valid endeavor. But when Russian leadership acts in hideous ways, that   
   discredits everyone and everything Russian. And it also endangers Russian   
   people living elsewhere.    
      
   They have got 12 t worth of resources, denied same to West, are safer from   
   NATO, not letting them to rob and divide, thus holding on to what they have,   
   in Russia. Yes Russians outside Russia are in trouble, but such was the case   
   for expat Getmans etc in    
   the world wars, only worse.   
   >    
   > I have been deeply involved in American and Australian social issues. I   
   worked for a long time on an American non-partisan political information site,   
   and I’ve had involvements in a fight against domestic violence in Australia.   
   I am now addressing my    
   attention to issues of Russia.    
   >    
   > The worst problem with Russia is what is known as the dedovschina. It is   
   brutal military hazing that costs countless lives. It also costs Russia   
   because families move abroad to avoid for their children the deadly conditions   
   of Russian military. Since    
   dedovschina is worst on the intellectual (as opposed to the brutal) type, the   
   result is vast brain drain – both through killing in it and through   
   emigration. The people who die from it and the people who move abroad are   
   Russia’s best minds. And    
   Russia loses vastly from it. Some people think that it makes people stronger.   
   No, it makes Russia weak.    
      
   Does not look like it. They were supposed to collapse after the sanctions but   
   they are doing better than ever. Putin has done lwonders for Russia, no doubt   
   about that. They still make top military hardware, have support of the   
   thirdworld   
      
   > Another is domestic violence. 14,000 Russian women a year die from it.   
   Russian women are smart, strong, beautiful and family-oriented; but their men   
   treat them like dirt. These men are a bunch of brats. They haven’t had to   
   deal with women who are    
   actually bad, as they claim women to be. Instead they have at their disposal   
   some of the best women in the world, and all they can think to do is use them   
   as punching bags.    
      
   Russian women are very powerful. So our tour guides said. After WW2 there were   
   very few men  left alive so the women had to build up the state. That is the   
   general case. In Communist countries gender equality is considered natural and   
   normal. Russia    
   still follows that notion. Unfortunately domestic violence is there as you   
   say, but Russia is not the only country where it happens. Putin has done what   
   he could in this matter, going by his talks. Monotheistic states following   
   Jewish metaphysics are    
   naturally misogynistic, blaming Eve and from her example all women for lack of   
   Paradise. Atheism mitigates such woe, so it has traction in the West, as   
   opposed to paganism.   
   >    
   > Another is racism. Russia has half of Europe’s skinheads. There are not   
   many people there from Africa; but there are a lot of people from Caucasus,   
   and these get attacked a lot. Jews get attacked too. Someone once graffitied   
   on the house I used to    
   live in, “Shambat is a dirty stinking kike.” Many Russian people are   
   openly racist, and the conditions there are much worse than they are in   
   America.    
   >    
   > These are the main problems with Russia. Having paid a lot of attention to   
   social issues in America and Australia, I would consider it hypocritical for   
   me not to pay attention to issues in Russia. Dedovschina must be abolished,   
   and strong effort needs    
   to be made to fight domestic violence and racism. I don’t think that   
   domestic violence and racism will ever be completely defeated. But we must do   
   what we can to confront such things.   
      
   Pushkin was part black and that did not prevent him from getting recognised as   
   Russia's greatest poet. So they do value quality. The non-racism of the white   
   skinned Russians, to the brown Indians, and their many other good qualities,   
   as opposed to the    
   filtering, sneering and exploitative Anglo racist bigots, was startling; paved   
   the way for Indo-soviet friendship.   
      
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