@kravietz
Was it you, whom we've discussed this supernatural stuff with? It's thriving in the army, with a new "Christian" twist!
What do you mean it has nothing to do with Christianity? They are upholding traditional Christian values, so of course using traditional Christian belt with 20% resistance to bullets makes sense 😂
@rvps2001
@kravietz
When they started making movies in this vein, no one expected for people to actually start buying into that. One notably bad example of such came out in 2021, it's about an NKVD agent, a woman, stealing the icon from Nazi occupied territory, so they can put it on a plane to fly around Moscow to save it from the attack. And she's following direct order from Stalin, who in turn was instructed to do it by a blind "Orthodox" seer. Can you imagine the magnitude of bullshit? 🤪
@rvps2001
In Poland we had some such scammers, selling things like dried beetroot for big $$$ as a remedy for cancer etc. In absolute numbers many people spent money for that, but overall that was a tiny fraction of the overall population. In Russia it seems like it’s not only becoming widespread phenomenon, but even some kind of state policy. I have no doubt all this bullshit is only about money, because all that nonsense is funded either from donations or state budget. And I mean both such movies and the actual “holy pictures” and other nonsense.
@m0xee @kravietz @rvps2001 some time ago I've read, that quite a lot of russians buy amulets which protect from mobilization, and pay for predictions who are to be mobilized and who is to die.
Since then I think that instead of trying to convince them that this war is unjust and wrong, we should promote info that powerful Kharkiv witches cursed russian army and government, so they are doomed.
I’ve not only read but I’ve seen it in person :) Probably 50% people I know in Russia visit all kinds of “psychics” on regular basis, buy amulets, pay absurd money for all that nonsense and treat it dead serious.
I had a funny encounter when I was sitting in such a company and they happily discussed which of the local “psychics” is best and they clearly saw my face, first skeptical and then almost bursting into laughter. One of the girls asked me “wait, so you don’t believe in energy?”
I completely misunderstood her question, as I wasn’t very much into their terminology, so I asked rather surprised “what do you mean, like power lines there?” as we were sitting just next to electric poles. She was deadly offended as she felt I was making fun of her, as she used the word “energy” exclusively in the spiritual bullshit meaning.
And yes, then I actually started to make fun of her :)
@m0xee
Yes, precisely! Adding it to my list of weird things happening in Russia :)
@rvps2001