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Yet despite their simplicity, these notions are deadly. If Ukraine is seen as an instrument of the West in its perennial war against Russia, then the Russian leadership views it as an imperative to destroy that instrument – thereby striking an indirect blow against the West itself. 5/9

It was either these two or "that girl looks sexy" (said girl being dangerously well under 18)

I don't know about Ilyin, but intellectualising Dugin's ramblings is also an effort in itself

He nailed it 🎯

И оба нарратива внезапно правда

DAMNIT, i got it wrong.. i thought it would be 1. Daddy issues and 2. Money :(

Putin has no ideology; he is, in fact, an intellectually unsophisticated person. His entire political worldview rests on two very simple narratives. --- All he has in extreme GREED for money & power. Nothing else. Just an extreme criminal !

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Thank you for this enlightening post. Slava Ukraini! 🫶🏼🇺🇦

He and dump have that in common

So, he tries to avoid that by all means. The only putler's policy is his personal survival. And that implies continuing to plunder Russia and to kill people.

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Good point

Putin wants the USSR to be a thing again!

Anyone who wages war is absolutely intellectually unsophisticated. Seriously, think about just how fucking stupid it is, given all the other available alternatives. Fucking stupid.

He's a product of old school KGB, really. He went to KGB school as a child and lived his entire life as a short little fuckwad

I’ve done a lot of research on NPD over many years but only recently did I hear the concept of whole entities or movements behaving similarly to a single person with it. Always seeing yourself as an innocent victim while your behavior is the cause of your treatment is stereotypical NPD. Aka Russia.

Russian Imperialism is dead since 1917. This is a terrorism since beginning

Of course. Putin was trained and groomed by the very best coaches as he grew into his role as a faithful KGB operative. Everything Putin is today was hard wired by the best spook collective ever created.

Just because his worldview can be boiled down to simple ideas (as is the case with all worldviews), doesn't mean he is necessarily intellectually unsophisticated. That is a jump to a convenient, because adversary-vilifying conclusion.

But with Communist Party membersip card in pocket😂 All top Russian [never elected] "officials" are "former" Communist party members

Agreed, this "Putin is a deranged fool" rhetoric is very embarrassing to see duplicated by someone who purports to study this topic.

Stay away from windows and brew your own tea is my advice regardless of where you’re currently residing. Also keep your back to the wall to see approaching gopniks.

Eat my whole ass, clown.

'intellectually unsophisticated' perhaps; but certainly he is cunning in that megalomaniacal way tyrants throughout the ages have ever been. This underestimation the western powers had for him in this regard, is a major factor of his successes in the west.

First felon and Putin--two peas in a pod.

Any realistic analysis of not only Putin's invasion of Ukraine but his regime of the last decade or more is that it consists entirely of desperate politically performative acts to shore up his failing regime and justify its continued existence in popular opinion

We will never forget and forgive this his kidnapping for waving Russian flag. He is an enemy of Russia

Putin doesn't expect to spend that fortune. In Russia, it just isn't credible for the ruler not to be the richest man. clause61.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/r...

Eventually he will come for America.

Shift to West = EU and keep on trying to expand.

Interesting Thank you

Destroy America and bring back the USSR !!

But of course. It's mind boggling that most don't see it this way.

That is why he gets so well along with dump trump

Your essay was a clinic; thanks for sharing it

To add to this a personal appraisal of Putin, he is a psychopathic thug who rose to and maintains power by the two main weapons in his personal armoury - deception and intimidation. Lies and threats are all that have come out of Russia for many years.

And I might the kids are his!

I have no learned basis for my opinion, but, I had a suspicion that was his schtick.

sounds like Trump

Putin is a thug peasant.

A sociopath that borders on sadistic tendencies is he. A sniper with sans morals.

Vertical of power, competing security and military, corruption, idiotic economic planning, occupation resource extraction, serfs, boyars, purges, gulags. Does seem to have more than a few echoes in Trump world.

In America and China

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#Russians

Quote: "maybe in desperation, he thinks he will easily take Finland" #russia #Ukraine