I bear no ill will toward Russians, Palestinian Arabs, or anyone else for who they are, and it would never occur to me to blame them for it. But I have a fundamental problem with social systems that crush the freedom and dignity of the human spirit. I do not want such systems to exist in the world, poisoning humanity with their venom. Their very existence is an insult to humanity itself.
Human society is not merely a sum of individuals but is constituted by the social bonds among them. If, for example, we looked only at atoms while ignoring their molecular arrangements, we would never understand the difference between a radiant diamond and a dirty, greasy graphite, although both are composed of the same carbon atoms. The arrangement of elements in a system matters fundamentally. Therefore, society cannot be reduced merely to a collection of individuals.
The problem of contemporary Russian, Palestinian Arab, continental Chinese, Afghan, and many other societies lies in the fact that their interpersonal bonds are structured in such a way that the result is toxic — an affront to human dignity.
It is not the case that I dislike the Palestinian state because its citizens are Palestinian Arabs and speak Arabic. Nor do I dislike the Russian state because its citizens are Russians and speak Russian. These states repel me, and I cannot tolerate or legitimise them, because the destructive social relations within them are a disgrace and a danger to human civilisation. I reject them for the same reason I reject any social order built on the ideas of the “SPD”, “Stačilo!”, or “Motorists” Czech political movements.
Many ordinary people within these societies are victims of the system, not its creators. But the system itself has an emergent reality — it generates a culture of fear, a predator–prey dynamic, and a rule of power, corruption, and violence that persist across generations and reproduce themselves through institutions, symbols, and everyday practice.
The villains who exploit these depraved regimes defend themselves by crying “Russophobia,” or “racism,” hiding behind religion and national identity. They pose as defenders of their nations, while they are their destroyers. To stay in power, they threaten the entire world with war and warn of the suffering that the fall of their regimes might bring. It is a cynical strategy — to take their own people hostage and blackmail humanity with the claim that liberation would be too painful.
For the same reason that I reject a Palestinian state ruled by Hamas or similar mafia clans, I also reject the Russian state in its current form. Humanity cannot continue to coexist with an entity that:
- possesses thousands of nuclear weapons
- murders not only its own citizens but also those of other countries
- systematically destabilises democratic institutions around the world
- controls its people through propaganda, harassment, oppression, and mafia practices
- denies smaller nations the right to self-determination
Russia (like any other regime built on the principle of power without accountability, clientelism instead of rule of law, and cult of the leader instead of civic dignity) does not deserve to defile the face of this world.
The goal is not genocide or ethnic hatred. The goal is the transformation of social order. Just as Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were transformed into prosperous democratic states, so too can today’s authoritarian regimes be transformed. The German or Italian nations did not perish after the end of their toxic forms of government; on the contrary, they flourished and brought joy to humanity.
The emergence of Evil is not inevitable. Recognising and naming it is the first step toward overcoming it. We must have the courage to say:
Not all forms of social order are equally valuable. Some are objectively wrong.
Not because we hate the nations afflicted by this Evil, but precisely because we love them enough to give them the chance to heal.
Written by Vojtěch Merunka based on the post by Mr. Andrej Ruščák on November 2, 2025.