Wolf480plAre citizens of an authoritarian state responsible for the war crimes the regime does to other nations?
Examples: WWII Germany, today's Russia, Gaza, ~Israel (uncertain if authoritarian), feel free to add more
Mikhail Burakov@wolf480pl Yes, definitely. I am telling this as Russian. It's not some mystical "state" that issues the orders, nor some abstract "force" that executes them. Neither does the explicit or implicit support for these actions come out of nowhere.
It is possible to evade, distract, twist the topic in a numerous ways. But there's a straight answer to your particular question.
@mburakov so even a poor babushka living in a wooden hut in the far end of yakutia (does she even have access to any kind of news?) is responsible?
@wolf480pl No offence, but this sentence is a good example of twisting the topic.
But the answer is yes, in a way, because actions (or absence of those) of this particular babushka did contribute to the establishment of a nazi regime in Russia.
Note that I am not implying that the babushka carries the same responsibility as say Putin, Shoigu or Gerasimov. But she still does.
zaki@mburakov @wolf480pl going by this logic, citizens of a non-authoritarian state are responsible for the actions of their nation / state doubly so.
remind me, what is / are the alternative(s) to an “authoritarian” regime?
remind me, what is / are the alternative(s) to an “authoritarian” regime?