The difference between the USA and Russia is that the Russian people are not panzies. They know hardship and deal with it leaving Putin to do what has to be done to defend himself. I’m not defending Russia over America, simply realizing that Putin will never, ever back down. In the end he will win because Russia’s finances are so much better than America’s.
Russians are sheep, and have always been sheep, that is why we never really need to discuss the Russian people, just whoever is currently in charge of them.
It confuses me when people make these assertions. They are "hardy" in the same way a beat dog shivering out in the cold is hardy. From another post I made responding to this:
The Russkie mindset is somewhere between the Goblin and the Orc. Most are low IQ or deranged from drugs and alcohol abuse and are dependent on government subsidies for their existence. Here is a good article from a noble Russian who fled his country discussing this:
"The population at large is, statistically speaking, not very bright. Many are deranged from overuse of alcohol or drugs. A big number are simply aging elderly rooted in USSR-centric mindset who never adjusted to the modern world. Most of them do not “work” in the sense we understand full-time employment here: they occupy placeholder positions sponsored by the government. Being dependent their whole life on government help, they are psychologically unable even to think government can do something wrong."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3189416/posts
This is what happens after 5 generations of Communism where the best and brightest and most moral are systematically murdered and replaced with sadists and others with clear signs of mental illness to positions of authority.
Russian society is by and large predatory and corrupt. Criminality is normal in Russia amongst every social class. They only seem "tough" because they are used to living as slaves in very pitiful conditions. To this day, in their little apartment complexes, they're still crapping in hallways or beneath stairwells. They make the filth of India look normal by comparison. Here's another thread that also delves into the scary world of Russian society:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3236334/posts
If the Russkies are tough and noble in any way, then our Welfare parasites must at least be growing up to be strong men. Add Communist repression in the USA and they'll become true Russians.
I’m with the others. The russian people are clearly lacking stones below. That is why they deal with hardship. Not because they are tough, but because they are unwilling to stand up to their dictators.
Hard John Wayne people are tough, in their own way and with certain limitations that tend to get ignored. But someone just enduring because they ‘have to’ is not tough. That is called a sheep.
And the metrosexual woosification of the American McSheeple is a strategic result of...
"According to my opinion, and the opinions of many defectors of my caliber, only about 15% of time, money, and manpower is spent on espionage as such. The other 85% is a slow process which we call either ideological subversion, active measures, or psychological warfare. What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American that despite of the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.It's a great brainwashing process which goes very slow and is divided into four basic stages.The first stage being "demoralization".It takes from 15 to 20 years to demoralize a nation. Why that many years? Because this is the minimum number of years required to educate one generation of students in the country of your enemy exposed to the ideology of [their] enemy. In other words, Marxism-Leninism ideology is being pumped into the soft heads of at least 3 generation of American students without being challenged or counterbalanced by the basic values of Americanism; American patriotism. "--KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov--Soviet Subversion of the Free Press (Ideological subversion, Destabilization, CRISIS - and the KGB)
The problem with your statement is the Russian people are not completely behind Putin. It us common knowledge that he has been voted out before and his time has also run out to be the leader in the first place. He basically just continues in his position by force. The people elected someone else and that guy gave his position to Putin because he knew he would be killed if he didn’t. The next election the same thing will happen watch. Putin is going to rule as long as he wants. There is no democracy in Russia and the majority of people there don’t like Putin.