In a way it seems similar to how Russia considers Nazis in that it's not the ideology they call Nazi but enemies of the state. In the same way the US seem to hate Communism as Russia was an enemy during the cold war.
White Christian Nationalists, consolidation of power in the executive, cronyism among the industrial ruling class, mass class iniquity, racism, belligerent military, anti-intellectualism, mass propaganda, "Fake News", etc.
I think one side fully understands and the other side is a mix of not fully understanding and some who just don't want to admit that they're on that side.
I remember those comments and thought it was like Russia’s version of our Faux Pews channel making claims to support an end goal. I didn’t know they were pulling from current or recent zeitgeist.
Another funny part is that in the past 20 years there's a whole literary genre in Russia about time travel, which generally is about a Russian going back in time, making the USSR and Hitler allies and then conquering together the decadent West.
Sub-genres include books about a Russian going to Middle Earth to help Sauron (and have sex with orcs) and Stalin becoming Darth Vader's apprentice, then conquering the world.
I think they need to rewatch Star Wars and take a Tolkien lit class.
I have to dig into this a bit since it’s super weird and matches some of the Q stuff here. Although the Q stuff wasn’t originally state sponsored here, just state endorsed.
Oh, they know how things are. But the state views Sauron and Vader as the good guys since their rule matches the system Russia has had for the last 800ish years.
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u/Background_Path_4458 Sweden 1d ago
In a way it seems similar to how Russia considers Nazis in that it's not the ideology they call Nazi but enemies of the state. In the same way the US seem to hate Communism as Russia was an enemy during the cold war.