Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "How Putin Created a Cult of Influence in Russia - TLDR News" video.

  1. The west new about this before the war, hence why the main aim of the sanctions is to do two things, try to turn Russians against its government or to bankrupt the country so it's less of a threat around the world, basically, the west knew there was going to be this ding-dong game with the government and it's people and the west wasn't playing to that tune by waiting in the hope that the Russian people might do some change on the government. In other words, the west doesn't care what games the Russian government and people play, it's going out of it's way to neutralize that threat so Russia is weaker on the world stage and it seems to be working with it likely to get much worse for Russia longer term, especially as the Europeans reduce the oil and gas they buy from them. So basically, the west doesn't care about the games being played in Russia, they are not waiting around for the possibility of a resolution to change thing, they are going in harsh to neutralize the threat of Russia, regardless of the damage it does to the Russian government or people as they know that leads to one of two outcomes, one is that Russia is a lot weaker as a country and less of a threat or two, the people get so fed up with being in poverty that they rise up in deposing the government, either way, the west doesn't care and are not waiting around for that conclusion. This was also done as a massive warning message to China which is likely giving them pause when it comes to Taiwan, the west and China are a lot more exposed to each other than Russia is so the damage to both sides would be much greater, hence why China as much as they want to help Russia, are edging their bets because most of their interest are with the west, the rich countries of the world. Speaking of cults, it's not just a Russian thing, these things happen all over the world and are usually designed to push a specific agenda or to control people, you only have to see that with Brexiteers in the UK or Trump supporters in the US which more or less acted like a cult, these things are a real threat to democracy that undermine it and usually to serve the interest of the few at the expense of everyone else.
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