[FreeReign]

Russia and the United States are engaged in a profound ideological confrontation—one that isn’t widely understood in Western Europe or even at the White House. It began in February a year ago. President Vladimir Putin of Russia found himself engaged in what seemed a simple defensive battle against American intervention in Ukraine. He is now under siege by the U.S. and NATO.

And I stopped reading this nonsense right there.

[dp0622]

I don’t think Russia would have suffered such a large numbers of dead if Ukraine was indifferent to the situation or even pro Russian. It seems like they have fought pretty valiantly so far. and if neo-cons were truly in charge of anything I would assume there would be a strong border here

[lavaroise]

Putin is leftist when America is to the right and he is to the right when America is to the left, always manufacturing grievances like an abusive btchy spouse

[lavaroise]

Putin is Alinskyesque, that is

[1rudeboy]

Here's what you need to take away from this nonsense:

The French writer Michel Eltchaninoff suggests a comparison [of Putin's "new state"] with the “new state” created by Antonio Salazar in Portugal between 1933 and 1974, usually called fascist but, while authoritarian, should more accurately be described as conservative, religious and nationalist. It is a response to what Putin views as the decadent and “anthropocentric,” or egoistic and materialistic, modern West.

In other words, a little fascist authoritarianism is fine if it opposes the decadent and materialistic West. Just don't call it fascist, but conservative, religious, and nationalist and you'll be ok.