I have both and I think it’s better to know, independent of the outcome.

That’s pretty much the point of banality of evil - you don’t need an extraordinary assembly of psychopaths to run a fascist regime. All it takes is a group of loud populists, generally discontent crowd and, boom, you have “make Germany great again”.

After ww2 finished, both Germanies discovered that they don’t really have enough people without Nazi past that could run the country. So most folks just went back to work to slightly renamed workplaces.

Does that mean they were not complicit? They were and the winners made sure Germans would learn about what they caused.

I guess the only excuse back the was that they didn’t know better. But we do.

Here’s some read for you: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem#Banality_of_evil

Yes, an average russian or Israeli person is not likely to have directly participated in the recent events.

The catch, though, it’s that by not opposing the actions of their governments, they DO contribute to the events indirectly. They pay taxes. They work at factories producing weapons. They make the food that the soldiers eat.

On top of that it’s not russian government who’s currently pulling the triggers and dropping bombs. Just regular folks who just follow orders.

Yes, protesting in russia is not easy, but the war keeps going on because the government sees that people aren’t worried too much about it.

And yes, in both countries there are people who actively oppose, but the majority doesn’t.

And that majority is complicit.

Lol. That was my reaction too. “Oh, shit, it’s a video - close”.

My issue with videos is that they are too slow for relaying information. I’ll be ok with it if there would be a two-sentence summary, after reading which I could decide if I want to watch it.

I suspect so that video says it’s that phone calls don’t relay the body language and that makes it more difficult to understand.

Yup. Music is my main regulation mechanism. For emotions, for concentration, you name it.

And sometimes it’s sludge metal, sometimes it’s electro swing, sometimes it’s jazz Bach.

Not exactly the same, but I’m really glad monolord released an instrumental-only version along the “normal” one. https://piped.video/watch?v=7HCUR7y8ziM&t=12

Ceiling, duh.

That’s cheating! Why would I want anything easier :)

I don’t know. I was making rice today and the moment I left kitchen (for a nano second, of course) it burned.

Here’s my today’s rice recipe:

• put some oil in the pot
• put a cup of rice and set the heat to max
• add salt, a clove of garlic and a couple of cardamom seeds
• mix until rice changes colour
• think how well you have everything under control
• blink (I swear the new avatar has nothing to do with it!), take the burnt rice off the stove and throw it away
• realise I forgot my medication
• take another pot and repeat the steps, but avoid blinking
• when drive changed colour, add 1.5 cups of water
• reduce the heat and cover the pot
• realise that the pot is too small
• pour everything into a bigger pot
• add heat
• blink and realise the water is boiling out
• move it from the heat, reduce the heat
• wait
• wait some more
• move the pot back but turn the heat off
• wait 15 minutes
• rice is done!
• realise it’s not salted but take the win and feed your child

Yey, we’re society’s outmost sensory system. I mean we do get to see the world for what it is. And then have the honour to tell folks on the inside how is it out there.