Fuck me, this really hammers home that first world privilege. More than that amount of USD hits my checking account each month in my direct wages. This guy knew what would happen to him when he was caught then decided that risking misery in Siberia before being executed was worth less than a month of my take home pay. I mean i get that some level of radicalization is involved here, but still what the fuck.

[–] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The attackers are supposedly Tajik. USD5418 is at least 2 years of work there.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Even if I made $100,000USD a year I'm not sure I would agree to massacre a hundred people for $200k.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'd assume, with the numbers you gave, you're quite comfortable in life. What if your life was constant struggle with poverty? Not sure how to get food for your kids tomorrow? You get desperate