This is untrue. Many people in the US and western countries protested against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many in 'the West' did not want those wars to happen. It could also be argued that anger over the unjustified war in Iraq contributed to the fall of the Blair government in the UK, for example. That is how it works in a democratic system - bad governments are held accountable for their mistakes.

There was no 'coup d'etat' in Ukraine 10 years ago. That was called a democratic election, with the people of Ukraine freely choosing their government. It just so happened that their choice was not a popular one with Russia. That concept of the people actually having a choice might seem rather alien to someone like yourself.

Besides, even if the US isn't perfect and has done some bad things in the past, that somehow justifies Russia launching a totally unprovoked attack on a free, independent country? Get out of here with your twisted bullshit.

I am sad it has to come to this. I support the people of Ukraine 100% they did not deserve this war and i truelly hope it ends soon. Thye are a proud people and the courage of them is something we should all be proud of.

Putin and his bloodthirsy warmongers are bringing down their own country and i feel sorry that the people who never want this war suffer for their actions and even worse when they protest they are arrested. I hope the people in Russia can bring some sense to their leaders as they will be the ones suffering not the elite at the top.

As for this move by GoG i have mixed feeling but understand why it must be done.

Hypocrites.

It's utter hypocrisy. Normal people are getting punished for political decisions of their elites. Corporations wants to make a "strong statement" but all they really do is punish the normal people. I don't think GOG's stance will impress anybody in the higher echelon of these states and the normal citizens will not understand this action. It will have literally no influence on the peace movement. Virtue signalling of this kind doesn't help, it just provokes even more. At least they should be consequent and talk about other injustices worldwide too.

Yes, thank you for this tremendous decision.Because Vladimir Putin and his family were doing the most shopping from gog.To what mind do you serve these ridiculous decisions? What is the fault of the young people who make the Russian people live there? What is the point of punishing young people living in Russia? You can't be afraid of China and publish a game, but Russia is the big enemy, right? I am sure that among those who buy games that are available for sale for the Ukrainian people, there are also decently Russian citizens... Stop this ridiculous racism.Your hypocrisy is spreading the same fear as the bombs of Russia now.

Is this decision backed by statistics and analytics?

Respect.

To those who will say "what about ...", I'll point to an open letter from members of the Russian games industry, and in particular the following quote:

No geopolitical reasons justify unleashing a bloody war with a neighboring state, with a fraternal people. And the mistakes and atrocities of other states, if they have taken place, are no reason to take on the role of the villain. We all bear the scars of the terrible wars of the 20th century. We know the price of shed blood, we have paid it more than once. We pay to this day. Unfortunately, we will continue to pay.

In Russian:

[/Никакие геополитические причины не оправдывают развязывание кровопролитной войны с соседним государством, с братским народом. А ошибки и злодеяния других государств, если они и имели место, – не повод брать роль злодея на себя. Все мы несем на себе шрамы ужасных войн XX века. Мы знаем цену пролитой крови, мы платили ее не раз. Расплачиваемся по сей день. К сожалению, будем платить и впредь.

Here is the full letter:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RtZKUnF-EGpQr-H8ExtmAwW62pqUDneRJhigEghSbbw/preview?pru=AAABf1-KSxg*NRLwzdjjKkei9Gzt-SDj8A&ref=dtf.ru#

Gongratulations GoG.
Stupid and illegitimate decision.
Your Russian customers and certainly others will remember it.

You should deal with GoG's problems (many) and leave politics aside.

Fully support this decision, thanks for doing the right thing!

In light of the GOG decision to halt all sales in Russia and Belarus, punishing civilians for what oligarchs do, effective March 3rd, 2022, I suspend purchases of all games distributed on the GOG platform.

While I am not a political entity capable of directly influencing state matters, and don’t aspire to be one, I do believe that customers, when united, have the power to inspire global change in the hearts and minds of capitalists who use a humanitarian tragedy for marketing purposes.

No. You and many people like you are delusioned. Everything is under control. Because the mass media and the "social media" is controled by a few. And the mass and "social" media control people and their opinions.

You might think that (in the case of your country) foxnews and the NYT (for example) are very different. And there are differences. But it is only to give people the ilusion that they have options. That they can choose. But in the end, the two big (and only) political parties in country are controlled by corporations. Corporotations fund political parties and politicians. The very same corporations that control the media.

There is no spark. There is no change. Only the same two political parties governing for decades and decades. Spain is no different in this regard.


There is a famous although not famous enought quote by Major General Smedley Darlington Butler that goes like this:


“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.”

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/115545.Smedley_D_Butler

He wrote a book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket

You should be glad for any support Ukraine is getting, because if Russia gets away with it then China will do the same to you.

Torn here, not for punishing the John Dos but the gesture is not bad, kudos for that.
To be fair though a VPN seems to be a must in Sowjet Russia these days anyways.

same in germany