Putin’s comments are perfectly predictable from one who was brought up in the dialectic.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”
by which, I mean Marxist theory:
Thesis: common ownership + poverty (primitive communism, which leads to
Antithesis: private ownership + wealth (slavery, feudalism, and capitalism), which ultimately produces
Synthesis: common ownership + wealth (final communism)
True Marxists do not see the fall of the USSR as the end of anything but a step toward the ultimate destiny of absolute communism. If Russia has to take a little detour through capitalism along the way, no big deal. But Marxists and admirers of The Great Stalin like Putin certainly do not recognize capitalism, or it’s greatest practitioner (USA) as anything superior.
I wanted to quote Bush’s statement that is ridiculed so often by the MSM, because he doesn’t say Putin is a nice guy or anything, what he said was he is deeply committed to his country. And he certainly is.
“I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul. He’s a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country and I appreciate very much the frank dialogue and that’s the beginning of a very constructive relationship,”