re: #44 Rocky-in-Connecticut

I disagree. Russia under Putin is wanting to spread an ideology- a world ruled by mobsters through chaos.

Russia is causing chaos for a reason. They want to spread crony-capitalism and a Mafia style power structure to further a worldwide plutocracy. This will allow Putin to do anything he wants, from expanding territory to enriching his own personal cronies and pet corporations. Putin’s world is a top-down enrichment program (sound familiar, Republicans?) where ordinary Russians are sacrificed under sanctions to advance the interests of the elite. Rampant nationalism is the fuel Putin pours on the dumpster fire that is his rule. Utter internal corruption and a huge percentage of Russian wealth being stashed and hidden overseas define Russia’s economy.. again, a Republican dream.

That’s not the only ideology Russia is committed to spreading. Due to the way they interpret Scripture, they’re also the most virulent and violent heteronormative crusaders in 3 or 4 centuries—and considering that most societies for the past 1800 years have been very heteronormative anyway, that’s a very high bar to clear. The only possible comparison is—yeah, to the guys they fought in the Great Patriotic War. And at “least” the Nazis didn’t have a religious drive for beating and then killing me and mine. Their weak supporters could be ‘reasoned with’, in terms of “beat them in war, imprison them for a few years, and they might stop actively pursuing their hatreds”.

When it’s religious, it’s an existential issue and either they or I quite likely have to die if they can’t be converted.