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Who is Putin
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Eyes to See
Well-Known Member
I am Putin!
A-putin' on the ritz, baby!
I'm glad I'm not the only one that sang this.
Dis-Putin, Spewtin?
I think a suitable epitaph for his grave will be, Ukretin.
I think a suitable epitaph for his grave will be, Ukretin.
I came across this article (from 2017):
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/the-secret-source-of-putins-evil
The point is that Dostoevsky very clearly delineates right from wrong in a distinctly Manichaean way. Russia, the old Russia, is good, pure — childlike or diminutive, in a way. The West is bad. It’s not simply that it’s a rival civilization, an economic or geopolitical competitor; it’s that the West is impure and, when introduced into the Russian bloodstream, toxic. A Dostoyevskean vozhd, or leader, knows Russia is good and the West is not, and presumably he has learned by this late date that the only way to keep the West out is to overcome it, to expedite its undoing. The more Western leaders, and especially American presidents, talk about resetting relations with Moscow, the more the Dostoevskian president distrusts them. He hates them, and any so-called Russian president who doesn’t is a traitor or a buffoon. (Exhibit A: Gorbachev. Exhibit B: Yeltsin.) Putin’s goal is not just a little more turf. Russia has a lot of that. His telos — his endgame — is the destabilization, the overcoming, of the whole Western order.
So perhaps we can blame Dostoevsky for Putin and his lusting after the old Russia which was so unlike the West. And perhaps why it so appeals to many Russians - who seem to have this rather large chip on their collective shoulders. His macho image that he likes to project to the Russian people (many in the West probably just laugh at such) seems to align with the above, but then strong leaders are often a necessity in an authoritarian state.
If the above is true then we might be in for more of a confrontation than just some local war, and where Putin really does intend to have a major confrontation, even as to carnage.
Feel my love for him?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/the-secret-source-of-putins-evil
The point is that Dostoevsky very clearly delineates right from wrong in a distinctly Manichaean way. Russia, the old Russia, is good, pure — childlike or diminutive, in a way. The West is bad. It’s not simply that it’s a rival civilization, an economic or geopolitical competitor; it’s that the West is impure and, when introduced into the Russian bloodstream, toxic. A Dostoyevskean vozhd, or leader, knows Russia is good and the West is not, and presumably he has learned by this late date that the only way to keep the West out is to overcome it, to expedite its undoing. The more Western leaders, and especially American presidents, talk about resetting relations with Moscow, the more the Dostoevskian president distrusts them. He hates them, and any so-called Russian president who doesn’t is a traitor or a buffoon. (Exhibit A: Gorbachev. Exhibit B: Yeltsin.) Putin’s goal is not just a little more turf. Russia has a lot of that. His telos — his endgame — is the destabilization, the overcoming, of the whole Western order.
So perhaps we can blame Dostoevsky for Putin and his lusting after the old Russia which was so unlike the West. And perhaps why it so appeals to many Russians - who seem to have this rather large chip on their collective shoulders. His macho image that he likes to project to the Russian people (many in the West probably just laugh at such) seems to align with the above, but then strong leaders are often a necessity in an authoritarian state.
If the above is true then we might be in for more of a confrontation than just some local war, and where Putin really does intend to have a major confrontation, even as to carnage.
Feel my love for him?
An interesting article about Russia's oligarchs, & Putin....
The Russian oligarchs who have profited from Putin's presidency
The Russian oligarchs who have profited from Putin's presidency
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Putin.
Once a great walk a long time ago....
Now playing as Darth Vader....
Once a great walk a long time ago....
Now playing as Darth Vader....
JIMMY12345
Active Member
Get a copy of Catherine Belton's : Putin's People if you can or have not one already.
Do not lend it to anyone. You will never get it back.
Do not lend it to anyone. You will never get it back.
That left arm of his barely moves when he walks.
He looks rather paralyzed.