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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I could, but I think it's more important to look at what's actually truly relevant. NATO/Russian relations don't go nearly that far back.

[–] VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Putin is the Czar. What's on his matters most. Everything else is secondary or incidental.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Regardless of what Putin personally wants, Russia acts in the interests of its material conditions. Putin is a Nationalist, so his interests in maintaining a buffer from NATO generally align with the Russian public.

[–] VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

acts in the interests of its material conditions

It's a foundational mistake of Marxists to reduce everything to material conditions. You will never understand the world, if that's your only frame of reference.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I don't reduce everything to material conditions, but I also don't believe in "Great Man Theory" either.