Yet incredibly, they still refuse to admit that things haven’t gone exactly according to plan. Every single thread since this war began has bottled any reported Ukrainian success, and lauded the continuous flow of Russian victories. And yet...the Russians magically control less territory than they did a few months ago.
A lot of them have a strongman fetish. It started here back when Obama was POTUS. They can’t adjust their world view because the current battlefield reality shatters their years long fantasies about Dear Leader Putin and his Potemkin Russia.
That's a great observation, and I can't stand the whole "strongman" approach to politics. It's what Central/South America and Africa tend to be political hellholes. The people latch on to some politician as the embodiment of all their hopes and dreams, and develop a loyalty towards him that exceed loyalty to the country or ideas as a whole. It's populism run amok.