Putin kills his opponents, just like in old Russia.
Many zombie FReepers are sleepwalking through history and think that modern Russia is still the same thing as the Soviet Union. Today, Western liberals despise Russia so much because the Soviet Union and their cherished ideology failed there.
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My view is you are on to something. Do you know Putin is building a refuge (a community) for Westerners, including Americans who are fleeing their Satanic hell holes? We have lost our credibility to preach pious righteousness to the rest of the world. Ask yourself, why are witnesses against Biden ‘disappearing?”
Actual Marxists may want to use Russia as a counterweight or counterforce to the capitalist West.
In contrast, Biden & Co. are acting out an old Cold War script.
Also, it seems like Putin is for our current rulers what Saddam was for Bush-Cheney: the enemy we have to take out to establish dominance, and a chance to test our weapons.