That last paragraph might deserve a Rant of its own. Why are Russian talking points *inherently* bad? And what do we do when we find ourselves agreeing with them? My sincere apologies if your reaction is “have you read *anything* that I’ve written?”, but it’s easy for me to agree with the idea now because I disagree with Comrade Marge there. But if tomorrow MTG and the банда started pushing “puppies are cute” and “adopt don’t shop,” should we all run out and buy purebred cats?
Colonel Stok: If you won't help me, I'll go to the Americans.
Harry Palmer: Why don't you go to the Americans? They have more money.
Colonel Stok: Ah! Who wants to live in America? They are just Russians in pressed trousers. Revolutionaries gone decadent.
-Funeral In Berlin
And that was the thinking in the 1960s..
That last paragraph might deserve a Rant of its own. Why are Russian talking points *inherently* bad? And what do we do when we find ourselves agreeing with them? My sincere apologies if your reaction is “have you read *anything* that I’ve written?”, but it’s easy for me to agree with the idea now because I disagree with Comrade Marge there. But if tomorrow MTG and the банда started pushing “puppies are cute” and “adopt don’t shop,” should we all run out and buy purebred cats?