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    1. Of course. Otherwise, they may have to jump out of tall buildings voluntarily.

    2. Lazy_Physics_Student on

      Culture of corruption. Perun has many slideshows on this. Private conscriptovich does his part for the effort.

    3. series-hybrid on

      You are a Russian Major/Colonel in the field, and your general says you must accomplish „X“ or you will be executed. You tell him your troops have accomplished „X“ in a great victory for Russia.

      Then we hear the voice of Morgan Freeman saying:
      [*but as it turns out, he had not, in fact, accomplished „X“]

    4. Since someone explained the concept of Vranyo to me a few years ago, Russia and its actions have started to make much more sense to me. Though it does pose the question which kind of culture would invent the concept of the communal lie (complete with the sacrificial weakest link) in the first place.

    5. I thought this was common knowledge by now? They’ve been lying to higher ups constantly from day one. The whole invasion was planned based on the lies people told their superiors.

    6. Not the best way to win a war when your own higher-ups lie to their soldiers deliberately.

    7. LocalFennel4194 on

      Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Eventually that debt is repaid.

    8. This was one of the main reasons Hitler failed in WW2. Generals were either too scared or too egotistical to tell him the truth about the situation at hand. Communication is information and you can’t communicate properly with someone who; is terrified of you, or only cares about themselves.

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