According to Alexander Vindman, Russian immigrants are full Trumpy. Full authoritarianism is their comfort zone. Makes me wonder why they left Mother Russia?
According to Alexander Vindman, Russian immigrants are full Trumpy. Full authoritarianism is their comfort zone. Makes me wonder why they left Mother Russia?
My Russian history professor pointed out that Russians, whether in the Czarist times or the Soviet times, expect authoritarianism. Secret police suppress dissent during both eras. He said that was why communism very quickly turned into Stalinism. Note: this was in the olden days when the Soviets still held power. The end of the regime was still many years away.
According to Alexander Vindman, Russian immigrants are full Trumpy. Full authoritarianism is their comfort zone. Makes me wonder why they left Mother Russia?
My Russian history professor pointed out that Russians, whether in the Czarist times or the Soviet times, expect authoritarianism. Secret police suppress dissent during both eras. He said that was why communism very quickly turned into Stalinism. Note: this was in the olden days when the Soviets still held power. The end of the regime was still many years away.
Money. That's why.
Ah, they're from the oligarch class.
It's strange that they don't connect our prosperity to our stable and open system of government, but I guess that shouldn't surprise me.
YouтАЩre probably right. Oligarchs in Russia have a lock on scams, but the U.S. is increasingly fertile ground. And thatтАЩs no exaggeration.
Bingo!