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This is an interesting article describing “inert indifference” in the majority of Russians today, but I would like to point out that this is probably not unique to the current Russian population. Two examples below from different time periods and different cultures illustrate the point. (1) The first concerns the relatively small number of people willing to participate in the French Resistance Movement against Nazi German occupation of France during World War 2. (2) The second example gives statistics for an entirely different population (the Chinese in Hong Kong). There are techniques to motivate populations but one should understand that “inert indifference” is probably a global starting point.
QUOTE 1: Regarding the numbers of people willing to participate in the French Resistance movement against Nazi German occupation of France during World War 2: “Historian Robert Paxton estimated the number of active resisters at "about 2% of the adult French population (or about 400,000)", and went on to observe that "there were, no doubt, wider complicities, but even if one adds those willing to read underground newspapers, only some two million persons, or around 10% of the adult population," had been willing to risk any involvement at all. The postwar government of France officially recognized 220,000 men and women.” From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
QUOTE 2: Regarding the numbers of students willing to participate or show leadership in student movements (Hong Kong, former British Colony and now special administrative zone of China): “Herbert Marcuse once said that the majority of students in all countries are apathetic and their attitudes are moderate. With no exception, the core student leadership in Hong Kong is a minority (much less than one percent), followed by some active participants (5 percent) and a large group of “sympathizers” (10 to 20 percent). The rest is a relatively uninvolved majority. Indeed, as Clark Kerr observes, “It is always remarkable how so few can set the tone for so many.” In any student movement in Hong Kong, only a small percentage of the massive student population can be mobilized into a large-scale demonstration (from a few hundreds to several thousands).” From: Pages 164-165: “One Culture, Many Systems – Politics in the Reunification of China” (ed. McMillen DH and DeGolyer ME, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993).
QUOTE 1: Regarding the numbers of people willing to participate in the French Resistance movement against Nazi German occupation of France during World War 2: “Historian Robert Paxton estimated the number of active resisters at "about 2% of the adult French population (or about 400,000)", and went on to observe that "there were, no doubt, wider complicities, but even if one adds those willing to read underground newspapers, only some two million persons, or around 10% of the adult population," had been willing to risk any involvement at all. The postwar government of France officially recognized 220,000 men and women.” From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
QUOTE 2: Regarding the numbers of students willing to participate or show leadership in student movements (Hong Kong, former British Colony and now special administrative zone of China): “Herbert Marcuse once said that the majority of students in all countries are apathetic and their attitudes are moderate. With no exception, the core student leadership in Hong Kong is a minority (much less than one percent), followed by some active participants (5 percent) and a large group of “sympathizers” (10 to 20 percent). The rest is a relatively uninvolved majority. Indeed, as Clark Kerr observes, “It is always remarkable how so few can set the tone for so many.” In any student movement in Hong Kong, only a small percentage of the massive student population can be mobilized into a large-scale demonstration (from a few hundreds to several thousands).” From: Pages 164-165: “One Culture, Many Systems – Politics in the Reunification of China” (ed. McMillen DH and DeGolyer ME, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993).
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