Re: Hedrick Smith: The Russians (1976) (09/05/22 07:55:09)
He describes power-submission relations. If an ordinary person becomes a person of power, a balanced relation changes into a slave - master relationship.
It seems that Putin subscribes to this part of ingrown Russian culture. The reasoning could be: If Russia showed power towards Ukraine, Ukraine would automagically surrender and pretend happiness to please the almighty tsar.
Hah. Letting such a man become dictator may indicate that democracy is nearly impossible in Russia. Re-education and massive immigration will be needed (but who in their right minds would immigrate into Russia and sacrifice their lives in trying to reform brainwashed Russians?).
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