[Hamiltonian]

"First and foremost it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century"

Kinda hard taking that out of context.

The more relevant question is whether the tens of millions who had previously lived lived under the oppressive mediocrity of the USSR took it out of context. That is highly unlikely. They knew exactly what he meant, based on what we've been seeing for the last 15 months.

[CatHerd]

Considering that all the Russians I knew, even during the starving Yeltsin years, hated communism with a passion, and Putin’s approval rating is over 80%, I think they took it in context as I said.

You are stuck in your mindset and nothing will change that.