israeli tourists should be banned from entering the EU, same as russian tourists. People from these two fucking countries should not be allowed in.

The people of Russia aren’t guilty of anything.

In principle, the same is true of Israelites.

We don’t judge a people by their nation state. That’s how atrocities get normalized.

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

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.

I used to think a bit on this line. But as I watched the rise of Trump I came to realize that most of his supporters were simply dupped by his lies, and manipulated because of human nature. Many aren’t bad people, but they honestly believe what they have been told. So thier crime is being human, and what turns out to be an average amount gullible. We really need to find a way to hold the leaders accountable.