• ANIMATEK@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    He is so notorious because he was willing to selflessly put himself in the frontline to prove a point.

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        11 months ago

        Martyrdom. Navalny knew what it would mean to return; he also knew the risk of not returning (constantly trying to avoid shitty assassination attempts with collateral damage).

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            11 months ago

            Speaking of… When was the last time we heard from Snowden? Haven’t seen his name in the media since basically the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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            11 months ago

            I don’t know whether it had a significant impact in Russia, but the rest of the world only knows/cares about the guy because he went back. Otherwise he’d just be yet another person murdered by Putin’s regime.

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        11 months ago

        The only thing not making sense is how you’re not understanding the concept.

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          11 months ago

          I guess you’re right.

          Maybe he did have a greater impact getting poisoned, imprisoned, and ‘defenestrated’ than he would have had outside of Russia.

          Time will tell, I won’t hold my breath.

          Personally, I think you’re just finding ways to agree with the crowd even if they’re wrong. I don’t hold most people above that behavior.