Trump thr Right Wing and Putin
Oct 15, 2019 07:36:46 #
"The links among Vladimir Putin, President Trump, and segments of both the Republican Party and the American conservative movement seem bizarre. How can this be, given the Russian president’s KGB pedigree and a Cold War history during which antipathy toward the Soviet Union held the right together?
In t***h, there is nothing illogical about the ideological collusion that is shaking our political system. If the old Soviet Union was the linchpin of the C*******t International, Putin’s Russia is creating a new Reactionary International built around nationalism, a critique of modernity and a disdain for liberal democracy. Its central mission includes wrecking the Western alliance and the European Union by undermining a shared commitment to democratic values.
Putin is, first and foremost, an opportunist, so he is also happy to lend support to forces on the left when doing so advances his purposes in specific circumstances. But the dominant thrust of Putinism is toward the far right, because a nationalism rooted in Russian traditionalism cements his hold on power."
In t***h, there is nothing illogical about the ideological collusion that is shaking our political system. If the old Soviet Union was the linchpin of the C*******t International, Putin’s Russia is creating a new Reactionary International built around nationalism, a critique of modernity and a disdain for liberal democracy. Its central mission includes wrecking the Western alliance and the European Union by undermining a shared commitment to democratic values.
Putin is, first and foremost, an opportunist, so he is also happy to lend support to forces on the left when doing so advances his purposes in specific circumstances. But the dominant thrust of Putinism is toward the far right, because a nationalism rooted in Russian traditionalism cements his hold on power."
Oct 15, 2019 08:03:38 #
You get your information down in the holler, right?
Oct 15, 2019 08:12:39 #
thom w
Loc: San Jose, CA
Screamin Scott wrote:
You get your information down in the holler, right?
You support Putin?
Oct 15, 2019 08:40:41 #
Oct 15, 2019 08:44:24 #
He also lives in a little burg in Georgia of 12,000 and thinks Kentucky is all hillbillies.
I live in a metro area of over 1,250,000 people.
I live in a metro area of over 1,250,000 people.
Oct 15, 2019 08:45:40 #
Oct 15, 2019 08:47:15 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
BigWahoo wrote:
Probably thinks the Beverly Hillbillies is a documentary.
Oct 15, 2019 08:52:16 #
BigWahoo wrote:
He also lives in a little burg in Georgia of 12,000 and thinks Kentucky is all hillbillies.
I live in a metro area of over 1,250,000 people.
I live in a metro area of over 1,250,000 people.
You know you are an Ass right?
Oct 15, 2019 08:55:04 #
Oct 15, 2019 09:00:30 #
[quote=BigWahoo]He also lives in a little burg in Georgia of 12,000 and thinks Kentucky is all hillbillies.
I live in a metro area of over 1,250,000 people.[/quot
I live in a metro area area that has a population larger than your state, and I think that you are all Hillbillies, but how does that have any bearing on the conversation.
I live in a metro area of over 1,250,000 people.[/quot
I live in a metro area area that has a population larger than your state, and I think that you are all Hillbillies, but how does that have any bearing on the conversation.
Oct 15, 2019 09:04:20 #
BigWahoo wrote:
"The links among Vladimir Putin, President Tr... (show quote)
I see quotes, did you give the writer credit?
Oct 15, 2019 09:19:30 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
You know you are an Ass right?
[quote=Screamin Scott][You get your information down in the holler, right?]
And you?
Oct 15, 2019 09:20:33 #
letmedance wrote:
I see quotes, did you give the writer credit?
No sorry; typing before coffee. I'll see if I can find it.
Oct 15, 2019 09:31:30 #
BigWahoo wrote:
"The links among Vladimir Putin, President Tr... (show quote)
So is Putin a rightist or a l*****t?
Oct 15, 2019 09:43:45 #
boberic wrote:
So is Putin a rightist or a l*****t?
Neither, he is an opportunist.
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