i find that Umberto Eco's 14 common features of fascism fit Russia to the letter
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Yes, I agree. Also read that list.
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I'm sure there are more bright teens & 20-somethings thinking about Russia as a threat than 2 months ago.
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Absolutely. Russia is after all in the media all the time now and not in a good way.
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Watching the '72 Olympic attack on TV was a formative moment in my life, but too years to "ferment."
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I do think that "Putin strengthened Russia and brought it back on superpower track" is a common Western misconception.
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Perception is a lot of geopolitical reality, so merely by that misconception, it becomes essentially true.
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Rooster which was made of shit should strengthen Russia...
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Here's one picture of John Kerry in Moscow that I think proves Russian's aren't evil warmongers. Putin and his clique are.pic.twitter.com/5xMu3b9KPy
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Russians are what TV turns them into. Now TV says them to be evil warmongers. They obey, mostly.
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neglecting to diversify the economy leaving it dependent on oil profits is a huge Russian failure
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corruption and nepotism, one-sided economic model, political power vertical, historically poor now aggressive foreign policy
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All this, of course, at the expense of ordinary Russians which are kept out of the equation because he wants it.
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Instead he used Russia's limited resources for asymmetric warfare, superpower adventures and preserving kleptocracy.
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