Putinism: The Ideology That Succeeded Where the West Failed

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as president of Russia for the fifth time, and the idea of ​​”Putinism” is no longer in his head, but is the new ideology shaping the future of his country. By copying the dark policies of the West, such as proxy warfare, or implementing its far-right political proposals, such as curtailing personal liberties under the guise of security, it succeeded where the West failed. The Washington Post, in an extensive feature on Putin's rule in Russia, cited some ideas that the Russian president has borrowed to use in domestic and foreign policy with considerable success. For example, in the case of LQBTQ, he copied the Western rhetoric, which focuses on the fact that homosexuals cannot have children biologically, and did not apply the Russian one, which considered gay people to be of lower morals, ignoring the procreation part. Then, indoctrination in schools about the “new Russian society” was modeled on Western advertising […]
Source: News Beast

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