nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago‘Don’t worry about me. I’m fine’: Kremlin critic Navalny from Arctic jailwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down18
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-link‘Don’t worry about me. I’m fine’: Kremlin critic Navalny from Arctic jailwww.aljazeera.comnekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarecabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74arrow-down3·9 months agoHe knowingly martyred himself. Martyrs can sometimes effect massive change. I wouldn’t have done the same, and clearly, neither would you. But it doesn’t make his decision dim. Real life is far more nuanced than your pedestrian analysis.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoAnd if the tides turn, the population will see him as someone who doesn’t shy away from danger.
minus-squareUlvain@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·9 months agoYeah, get a car, op!
He knowingly martyred himself. Martyrs can sometimes effect massive change. I wouldn’t have done the same, and clearly, neither would you. But it doesn’t make his decision dim.
Real life is far more nuanced than your pedestrian analysis.
And if the tides turn, the population will see him as someone who doesn’t shy away from danger.
Yeah, get a car, op!