You’re so god damn smooth. In my youth and inexperience I get angry about the fucking Russians. I think German history can explain it. They’re unapologist commie scum, but they have their myths and propaganda like the Germans after the WW1. The Russians think they were bees knees and then a traitor Gorbachev made reforms. Stabbed in the back myth. Just like the Germans before Hitler.
Quite so. The difference between them is, Germany's self-aware, and Russia's not very -- probably has to do with the Russian transition from feudal poverty to 5 year plan poverty to mafia-style strongman rule poverty. Even during the Wars, Germany was still worried about the cost of stuff, and of course has centuries of a free market approach to reality. Russia doesn't, hasn't, probably never will. Anyway, have a great Thanksgiving. I plan to do that by NOT watching NFL football.