T.G.G. Moogly
Traditional Atheist
Does a large part of the Russian population suffer from Stockholm syndrome? According to Britannica, Stockholm syndrome describes the psychological condition of a victim who identifies with and empathizes with their captor or abuser and their goals. When I hear someone like barbos it's possible I'm just hearing another Putin supporter but it's certainly possible I'm hearing someone who has been captive for so long and subjected to propaganda for so long that that he is simply taking the survival path of least resistance.
The citizens of Russia are not free. Whether they know it or not they are not free like we are here in western democracies. And for all of Russia's history it has been the same. The country has always been a state where the strongman rules and the strongman makes the laws. Essentially this means that the citizens of Russia have always been imprisoned by their leaders. The prisoners, as in any prison, still have certain freedoms but they enjoy those freedoms while imprisoned. I think this describes Russia pretty well.
Here in the west we are free to come and go within our states and basically across the globe. Russia has had at times needed to build walls around itself not to keep people out but to keep it's people from leaving. Again, this is not freedom as we live it in the west but the limited freedom that comes with life within a prison. Is it possible that Stockholm syndrome describes the psychological state of many Russians?
The citizens of Russia are not free. Whether they know it or not they are not free like we are here in western democracies. And for all of Russia's history it has been the same. The country has always been a state where the strongman rules and the strongman makes the laws. Essentially this means that the citizens of Russia have always been imprisoned by their leaders. The prisoners, as in any prison, still have certain freedoms but they enjoy those freedoms while imprisoned. I think this describes Russia pretty well.
Here in the west we are free to come and go within our states and basically across the globe. Russia has had at times needed to build walls around itself not to keep people out but to keep it's people from leaving. Again, this is not freedom as we live it in the west but the limited freedom that comes with life within a prison. Is it possible that Stockholm syndrome describes the psychological state of many Russians?