Ever lived under a dictator? Ever tried to stop him from doing something? Ever done either of the above while having a family you care about?
At the end of the day, no sane person would place their family in mortal danger to maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown far away people.
Didn't all of humanity at some point? Ukraine being a more recent example. And here we are, living in mostly free and democratic countries. Weird how that happened.
> At the end of the day, no sane person would place their family in mortal danger to maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown far away people.
US military personnel did this. Invading Iraq increased the risk of terrorism in the US to make life easier for a few haliburton board members.
I read this earlier today and it clicked so well, “no country was born a democracy”.
Every democratic country in the world had at one point a few brave souls who were both sane and put themselves and their families in mortal danger to “maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown [not yet born] people”.
So yeah, it happens and is relatively common in history. I hope the Russian people find some extra courage and get Putin to step away from Ukraine and also Russia.
