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Soloviov's itinerary seems to conform to the following (common) pattern:
upper middle class family w/ good connection and ability to afford elite Soviet education,
readiness to join the Soviet elite, interest and love for the US,
[Gorbachev comes to power]
upper middle class family w/ good connection and ability to afford elite Soviet education,
readiness to join the Soviet elite, interest and love for the US,
[Gorbachev comes to power]
https://twitter.com/BrankoMilan/status/1706080760908619785
change of direction: unbounded love of democracy.
ideolization of the United States,
participation in the plunder of Russia w/ attendant contempt for the people (who are stupid and thus incapable to steal),
purchase of many properties in the West,
ideolization of the United States,
participation in the plunder of Russia w/ attendant contempt for the people (who are stupid and thus incapable to steal),
purchase of many properties in the West,
arrogance, born out of sudden wealth, for people in the West (now added to the contempt of "stupid" people in Russia),
beginning of dislike of things American (specifically; the rest of the West is not worth paying attention to);
beginning of dislike of things American (specifically; the rest of the West is not worth paying attention to);
Russian nationalism.
And it is wrong to believe that that evolution is at its end.
And it is wrong to believe that that evolution is at its end.
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