Kursk lessons: Russians have zero self-organization

It may not end the war. But let's be honest: when Russians hit their own villages and towns with guided aerial bombs, the burden of war is somehow easier to bear.

And all their collective "Help... Putin, where are you?" makes it clear that Russians will not be able to withstand the process of bombarding their own towns with missiles and bombs for several years, let alone even a few months.

Legends about the unique resilience of Russians to the difficulties of life are based on their traditional everyday sh*t. But living in your own deep sh*t and withstanding external challenges are different things.

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Cesspools and lack of water supply are stable stability. And challenges are when something is constantly changing: water is there or not, as well as electricity. And the Russians in the countryside are not used to this. Because all the perturbations of history were on Ukrainian lands. And on theirs, centuries of serfdom have remained unchanged. When grandfathers went to the shithole and taught their grandchildren to do the same.

There is zero self-organization multiplied by a totally indifferent government. In Russia, in the face of war on their territory, the authorities will simply lose control of the country. And the serfs will whimper in chorus and wait for a new good tsar.

Specially for Espreso.

About the author. Olha Len, journalist.

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