AbsentBird

What do they gain by continuing the war?

It’s hardly in Russia’s interest for their sons to die, their equipment to explode, and their economy to crumble. It’s self destructive, which it has in common with capitalism, but worse than that it’s a genocide of the Ukrainian people.

Russia could foil all those plans by simply ceasing the invasion and going home.

There are people who are categorically opposed to forcefully compelling people, and many of them use the word ‘authoritarian’.

It can be a useful term, not all systems are equally authoritarian. It’s a spectrum.