There was a fabulous discussion
on A.M. Joe of The Atlantic article written by Anne Applebaum referenced above and linked below about the American
right's intellectual support of once our greatest adversary,
Russia. It gave me much food for thought as well as ratcheting up my
proclivity for worry! After a stunning conservative party of Brexit
victory in the UK and right wing tendencies showing up in Hungary, Poland
and elsewhere in Europe I keep wondering being a confirmed liberal Democrat where
on earth do I move if populist nationalism takes over in Europe, the US and in other nation states. This conservative so called intellectual phenomena
are extraordinarily racist. Even Johnson's win in the UK is very racist
anti black so much so some blacks are are moving or thinking of moving out of the
UK.
Trump has fueled the fires of the acceptance and even love of Russia while he tolerates white supremacy putting forth a weak rejection of it. He commits crimes against humanity by his incarceration of immigrants and children in cages recently desiring an unspeakable unlimited detention of them.
The kleptocracy of Russia must be seen for what it is representing a nation with a weak economy and an authoritarian leader who has a penchant for allegedly assassinating those forces which oppose him. Russia has zero plans for the transitioning of power as well. It will have no clue as to what it should do when and if Putin were not in power.
We
must as both conservative and liberal lovers of American democracy,
acceptance of diversity and adoration of free thought mobilize our huge
base and defeat this
cruel,
rude, narcissistic, inhumane excuse for a president, Trump, before he
helps destroy the fabric of freedom throughout the world.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/false-romance-russia/603433/
