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Neither Russian elites nor masses care about “Russia doing better”, the fall of the West is the end in itself, presumably it will assert the greatness of Russia
by yks 2y ago
Neither Russian elites nor masses care about “Russia doing better”, the fall of the West is the end in itself, presumably it will assert the greatness of Russia and their version of the end of history will ensue, while wealth of the masses or the bleak demographic prospects won’t change a bit.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> the fall of the West is the end in itself Russia's elites don't care about this either. They want to be rich and will support anyone in charge who lets them be.
- yks 2y agoI thought so too until the invasion of Ukraine, but it's been increasingly hard to apply this narrow motivation to the world events of late. At least with regards to Putin and his inner circle — the outer oligarchy of Russia is of course just taken for the ride and they would rather it all stopped, but they won't speak up.