Russia's Fearing Plan for the World

When we think about power, we often think of it in terms of 20th century indicators, such as gross national product or the capacity for technological innovation. Definitely, Russia is not a big power with any of these measurements.

What the Russians are trying to do is change the subject, change the rules of international competition away from the more objective things to subjects like emotions; such as fear, nightmares. When we take our attention away from the real world, the three-dimensional world and pay more attention to the Internet and what makes us feel good or bad, in effect, we are making life easier for Russia.

What they can mobilise very efficiently, very economically, indeed, are the psychological sources on the cyberspace. They do this because it's easier for them.

The way to understand Russia is in terms of strategic relativism. They have a plan for the world. They have a plan for Euope. They have a plan for us. But it's not about imposing any positive vision. It's about our return where they are. What Putin does is he replaces domestic politics, and he can not have domestic politics with foreign politics. He cannot have internal politics because he is an oligarch at the head of an oligarchic clan, and he leads with a country that cannot rule the law. For this reason, Russia is locked up in the country for the future where it is now, reports the paper.net.

But if he can convince Europeans and Americans that oligarchy is normal, that rule of law is a joke, that democracy is a lie, and so on, he can bring us where Russia is now. And if he can do that, then the Russians will go around the world and say, "The “is all a joke. Everything is corrupt, everywhere. So why don't we just prefer our corruption instead of the corruption of other peoples? So this is a strategy. And it's under way; it's something we're facing right now.

There's an important difference, I think, in the middle of nationalism that always turns against itself, and a patriotism, which says, “I want to keep my country on certain standards. General nationalism means, “We've always been innocent. We're always innocent victims. ” So, for example, if you're Russia and you're the biggest country in the world, though, you've always been in a gang. If you attack Ukraine, however, it's kind of self-defense, not an offensive operation. Nationalism says it's always somebody else's fault. The way it works is it does things like this. You attack Ukraine. Support the right extreme in Europe. Supporting a candidate for president in the United States. Eventually, there will be some reaction. Reaction comes. Then you tell your people, “Well, yeah, look, this only proves that we're victims. We've always been victims.