PAPERS, PLEASE - The Short Film
This is the official short film adaptation of the classic video game Papers Please.
...made in 2018 by a Russian team. Way before the whole Ukraine war thing, you understand. ...though I'd obviously love to hear where they are now.
…made in 2018 by a Russian team. Way before the whole Ukraine war thing, you understand
Flipping through a history book on Russian/Ukrainian relations in the 21st century
Closing the book, putting it back on the shelf, whistling, and walking away
More seriously, I'll never understand folks who hear "So-and-so is from Nationality X, so now I must/must not purchase products from them because of their bloodline."
That's definitely fair, but there is the argument that the largest source of change for major powers is through harming their economies.
Sort of like, I like the artistry from this person from X nation, but by giving them money, I am indirectly helping fuel the economy of X nation, therefore giving their goverment less incentive to change existing behavior.
The problem is that in order to achieve that collective impact, a whole lot of innocent parties who have no support for or active hostility for the existing regime are also badly impacted. Usually individuals will greatly suffer before the political or structural systems will ever change.
So it's a bit of a bind. Support Russian media, comes with the side effect of supporting the Russian regime, at least indirectly from their income flowing into taxes. End of the day, it's a choice to make.
It's also that you're fueling their cultural influence. Cultural influence does a lot of sanitization. Look at how japanophiles often fetishize Japan rather than seeing it as a country with good and bad elements. America was particularly good at this conversion.
I'd love to see some data backing this argument up. Doesn't seem like years of sanctions on Russia, Iran, or North Korea had a sufficient impact to cause any change. Harming the economy can just as likely be used to reinforce the regime by creating a common enemy and blaming them for the people's hardships (like North Korea does with the USA) On the other hand, use of force was pretty effective in causing change in Nazi Germany or Japan.
Of course it's not all straightforward. Change by force can have negative results, and change by economic means can have positive ones. That's why I'd love to see the data, if there is any
You should stop reading books, Gutenberg was a German and Nazis were German.
"You should stop reading books and just listen to random internet strangers" is definitely a take
It is easy to say “they could have left the country. They did not. So they support Putin.”
Just look at the US.
it's not easy. but unfortunately both states are captured. no one else is coming to save them.
so either the populace rises up as one, or they continue to be abused.
i don't think either population has their heart in it anymore.
The films version of 'Chained by one chain' has been in my go to playlist for 5 years now. They did a great job with that one.
The Ukraine war started in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea.
A little earlier, don't forget donbas
Explanation please