Peeps, this is actually a pretty interesting episode. He explains why the population of Russia is so willing to put up with what’s going on without protest, and more importantly, he explains why Russians cannot admit that Putin is wrong because that would insinuate that they somehow are to blame. Their national personality will not allow them to believe they have any responsibility for anything Russia is doing, mostly because a core belief of the Russian population is that they have no ability to change anything that happens in their lives, or their countries behavior, and therefore it’s best to accept whatever is going on and to keep your head down and look out after yourself.
Byand large, they do not hope for a democratic future, but instead fervently believe that a different but better strong man is needed to replace the people who are currently running the country into the ground. It is simply not within their worldview to think that as a citizen they have any obligation or need to interfere in what the people in power deem is necessary.
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