During the Cold War, the United States and Russia were presented as opposites, like Yin and Yang.
However, most people in the United States and Russia have this in common: they believe they are victims of the rest of the world, which justifies the use of force and therefore aggression.
This aggression allows for colonial policy without saying so. They consider that they have been mistreated and that this justifies the aggression.
For example, the massacre in Chechnya was justified by a so-called Islamist attack in a theater. For example, Crimea was reconquered on the pretext that it had been stolen from Russia. The wars in Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia are justified on the pretext that Russian minorities were being persecuted.
For example, when the Iranian government nationalized oil, the Americans violently overthrew the government and installed the Shah, a violent monarch. For example, when casinos were nationalized in Cuba, the Americans assassinated Che Guevara.
The majority of people in Russia and the United States are not particularly concerned as long as it happens outside their country. But very quickly, they find themselves victims of these same methods in their own country.
When Trump captured the president of Venezuela or bombed Iran during the twelve-day war, he was publicly condemned, but there was majority consent. Previously, when the United States had a colonial policy in South America, it was condemned but accepted. These techniques used elsewhere are now being used in the United States: the use of violence without respect for the law. Emails are seized, people can be deported, people are victims of police violence or even killed.
Putin assassinates journalists, activists, and political opponents on a global scale. He hacks into other countries’ emails and sensitive information and sends armies of mercenaries to Africa to overthrow governments. There was little resistance when he operated abroad. Today, people who resist Putin disappear.
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