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unkuto
Student
- Mar 13, 2022
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I'll start by saying that I'm from Russia and this war has brought lots of suffering and pain to me. This war brought me to this forum in the first place looking for a way to escape this nightmare by finding my peaceful exit.
But I would like to discuss a bit different topic. I'm interested to discuss your guys view about collective guilt and collective responsibility of Russian people for this war, warcrimes and genocide.
I'm not talking about Putin, his government, generals and soldiers. But rather regular people.
I've seen a lot western people (and even own Russian "opposition" that talks from outside of Russia) is trying to put on everyone a label of collective responsibility saying we are to blame for Putin's crime because we did nothing for last 22 years trying to ignore what's going on political scene and just trying to live our lives. Because of that we all are going to pay a price when Putin's regime is going to fall and everyone including even those who never supported Putin in the first is going to pay really big price. Because there wouldn't any realistic way to make a different and put a line between those who is against this regime and who isn't.
The first example that comes to my mind is Germany after WW2 where people took not just collective guilt but also collective responsibility.
What do you guys think? Should collective guilt and collective responsibility be considered as different concepts or in this case they should be viewing together as one?
But I would like to discuss a bit different topic. I'm interested to discuss your guys view about collective guilt and collective responsibility of Russian people for this war, warcrimes and genocide.
I'm not talking about Putin, his government, generals and soldiers. But rather regular people.
I've seen a lot western people (and even own Russian "opposition" that talks from outside of Russia) is trying to put on everyone a label of collective responsibility saying we are to blame for Putin's crime because we did nothing for last 22 years trying to ignore what's going on political scene and just trying to live our lives. Because of that we all are going to pay a price when Putin's regime is going to fall and everyone including even those who never supported Putin in the first is going to pay really big price. Because there wouldn't any realistic way to make a different and put a line between those who is against this regime and who isn't.
The first example that comes to my mind is Germany after WW2 where people took not just collective guilt but also collective responsibility.
What do you guys think? Should collective guilt and collective responsibility be considered as different concepts or in this case they should be viewing together as one?