[Mick]

Massive losses, war crimes beyond belief, brutality run amok, economy in tatters, yet Putin has 83% approval in Russia. How can that be? In this day and age, how can so many be so brainwashed?

https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report...e-war-poll

Reminds me of the old joke. What's the difference between an American slave and a Russian slave?  An American slave wants freedom.  A Russian slave wants to be a slavemaster.

Doesn't surprise me that Putin has high approval ratings.  Former KGB, the USSR captured the world's attention as country after country fell under whichever thug was running Russia at the time. And Putin once said the breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of their time. Of course, their GDP is about the same as Chile's on a per capita basis (#57), but they are A-#1-you bet on atomic bombs.

So whether it is Stalin or Lenin or Putin, it doesn't matter.  Russians worship thugs.  BTW, I read once that an extremely high percentage of serial killers were either ethnically Russian or English.  Russian Mafia.  Doesn't surprise me much.

[Mick]

Massive losses, war crimes beyond belief, brutality run amok, economy in tatters, yet Putin has 83% approval in Russia. How can that be? In this day and age, how can so many be so brainwashed?

https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report...e-war-poll

Reminds me of the old joke. What's the difference between an American slave and a Russian slave?  An American slave wants freedom.  A Russian slave wants to be a slavemaster.

Doesn't surprise me that Putin has high approval ratings.  Former KGB, the USSR captured the world's attention as country after country fell under whichever thug was running Russia at the time. And Putin once said the breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of their time. Of course, their GDP is about the same as Chile's on a per capita basis (#57), but they are A-#1-you bet on atomic bombs.

So whether it is Stalin or Lenin or Putin, it doesn't matter.  Russians worship thugs.  BTW, I read once that an extremely high percentage of serial killers were either ethnically Russian or English.  Russian Mafia.  Doesn't surprise me much.