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Putin does not care about American culture wars, they are useful to him only insofar as he can use them to subvert and sow division.
Putin has his own goals, and his own worldview. Until we understand him as he understands himself, we'll fail to understand the moment...
Putin does not care about American culture wars, they are useful to him only insofar as he can use them to subvert and sow division.
Putin has his own goals, and his own worldview. Until we understand him as he understands himself, we'll fail to understand the moment...
2/
I freely admit I'm not a Russia expeet, and I get my takes from others. This is why I have tried to stay within the limits of what others, who are knowledgeable about this stuff, have told me.
What I do know, is that we cannot apply our culture war reasoning to putin...
I freely admit I'm not a Russia expeet, and I get my takes from others. This is why I have tried to stay within the limits of what others, who are knowledgeable about this stuff, have told me.
What I do know, is that we cannot apply our culture war reasoning to putin...
3/
We absolutely cannot try to cash out this conflict in terms of western cultural values. The Russians have very different concerns, and a different political and moral conception of what is going on.
That is the axis upon which Putin's decision making turns...
We absolutely cannot try to cash out this conflict in terms of western cultural values. The Russians have very different concerns, and a different political and moral conception of what is going on.
That is the axis upon which Putin's decision making turns...
4/
This war is not about us, and every time we try to make it so, we get a little further from understanding our current moment.
/fin
This war is not about us, and every time we try to make it so, we get a little further from understanding our current moment.
/fin
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