Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Why the West Fears Russia | Trump, Putin u0026 a Changing World Order" video.

  1. I think Russiphobia comes in different forms from different nations: The Baltics probably (understandably) feel what I call "civilizational threat" from Russia— not being annihilated through violence, but economically, cilturally, and eventually militarily absorbed into a behemoth, never to be seen again. Poland has some of that, but moreso a bitterness and chip on its shoulder over having been subjugated by the Russians. They themselves had zero qualms about conquering and Polonizng areas of Rus that they captured after the Mongols invaded. They're just mad that they lost the geopolitical game. Speaking of games, the UK— its Russophobia is markedly different. Its origins are likely in the days of Empire, when the Great Game over Central Asia made Britain feel threatened that Russia would eventually "steal" India away from them. This carried on into the Soviet period, with the USSR supporting uprisings in British colonies which drained the UK's resources. The same can also be said for the US. Initially they were actually friendly with the Russian Empire, with their friendship peaking around the 1830s— but conflicting economic interests and especially the Revolution set them ideologically and economically at odds with each other. Japan just doesn't like that the USSR took the Kuril Islands from the Japanese Empire. Each element of "the West" has its own historical reason to hate Russia, but they're mostly either historical grievances, or the economic threat posed by another large, resource-rich country competing with them.
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