Update just added to the thread https://mobile.twitter.com/martenmickos/status/1503081449188...
HackerOne takes $25,000 from Belarusian hacker in response to sanctions
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Re: HackerOne takes $25,000 from Belarusian hacker in response to sanctions
#12> We are powerless. I'm sorry. 8/9 This is such a frustrating outlook. Your are powerless because you believe you are powerless. You believe you are powerless because your government recognized your power long ago and actively works to subvert it. The police telling you to break into smaller groups is why you are powerless. Your cooperation with tyranny is all that makes you powerless. We aren't even in your country…
> you want to live on your knees
When you have to choose between personal physical health and slight possibility of improving your government, the choice is obvious. I doubt you would make a different choice if you were put in Russia.
And don't tell me there is power in numbers and millions of Russians can change anything. If there are millions of Russians that oppose this war (I'm not sure about it) it's hard to organize them. The people who were good at organizing protests were hunted.
EDIT: and I hate this patronizing western rhetoric "protesting the government is easy, I'll teach you how"