Perhaps some political calculation is in play, but more likely Putin is interested in his nation’s survival, and seeks to avoid having it follow in the path of America and the West’s decay into the putrid cultural cesspool that it has chosen. Makes me have much more admiration and respect for Putin. It also tells me Russia might likely out-survive America... something I never would have remotely considered a few short years ago.
Putin is a big fan of Solzhenitsyn.....even made “The Gulag Archipelago” required reading in Russian high schools. And Solzhenitsyn, more than anyone saw the fact that the West was dying, and the reasons for it.
*It also tells me Russia might likely out-survive America... something I never would have remotely considered a few short years ago.*
Don’t put all your chips in on that bet. Between the vodka, heroin, HIV and abortion, Ol’ Ivan isn’t reproducing at anywhere near a replacement level.