A pessimistic prediction from Joy-Ann Reid. Read it anyway: she could well be right about everything

[MADem]

11. You might benefit from a perusal of this article.

I want to point out that this article is STRAIGHT from the horse's mouth, as it were--the government controlled, government constrained, Putin mouthpiece RT:


https://www.rt.com/politics/340158-most-russians-regret-ussr-has/

Most Russians regret USSR collapse, dream of its return, poll shows

On the one hand, he doesn't want to bring it back, on the other, the collapse of the USSR was THE major geopolitical disaster of the previous century, according to Vlad. And of course, there's this poll...mmmm hmmmm.


You can, of course, choose to NOT view that as a harbinger, if you'd like. But then, maybe you might want to give this a glance:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26769481

Vladimir Putin: The rebuilding of ‘Soviet’ Russia

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.."He does not understand that the collapse of the Soviet system was predetermined, therefore he believes his mission is to restore the Soviet system as soon as possible," he says.

As a middle-ranking KGB officer who loved the Soviet Union, Putin lacked the perspective of senior officers, who knew full well the Soviet Union collapsed under the weight of its own inefficiency rather than because of Western plotting, Bukovsky says.

"It leads him exactly to… repeat the same mistakes. He wants this whole country to be controlled by one person from the Kremlin, which will lead to disaster," he says.

Putin's decision to invade Crimea was taken quickly and impulsively, by a small group of his favoured top officials. That means Putin has no one to warn him of the long-term consequences of his actions, and until he finds out for himself, he will maintain his course. That means relations with the West will remain uncomfortable, especially in areas he considers to be his "zone of legitimate interests".

But we can't say we weren't warned.

And now, he's got a puppet in the White House....


But wait, there's more: It's not the revived USSR--it's just Fascism! No worries!

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/05/26/Putin-Isn-t-Reviving-USSR-He-s-Creating-Fascist-State