Adam Zivo, the author of this article is largely talking smack.
Are there folks in the USA that believe Russia is as he stated? Sure there are. But their numbers are INSIGNIFICANT. I suspect the ones that believe that way are those that believed QAnon was real, and that Russia was actually the good guys with their attack upon Ukraine. Mind you, I am not defending Ukraine, because I know it has been a hotbed for money laundering.
Back to Russia, the differences between Russia and the USA are significant. First, there is RULE OF LAW. We have it, they don't. Russia is largely a lawless society in every aspect. One can murder or beat a person of color there, and nothing may happen to the perp. One can murder or beat a gay person, and nothing much will happen. The protections in their society are not existent across the board. Even for women, they are routinely abused.
Religious freedom. We have it here in the USA, and it is virtually nonexistent in Russia. Yes, the Russian Orthodox church gets to operate in Russia, in large part, because they are in the pocket of their current dictator, Putin. And yes, Putin is an absolute dictator. Speak out against him, and you end up in prison with a long sentence, or you end up dead.
And I know missionaries that have traveled to Russia representing Christians religions going to remote areas of Russia, and they were seized and deported from Russia. ALL OF THEM DEPORTED.
Free speech. We have it in the USA, and it is nonexistent in Russia. I met 15-20 journalists years ago from Russia visiting the USA, and they were asked if they had freedom to report on their political leaders freely. No one verbally responded. NO ONE. But 2-3 of them very subtly shook their heads side to side to indicate NO.
Media is completely controlled by the Putin government. There is no free press in Russia.
So, the folks that Zivo is speaking about are literally inconsequential. They are in the same category as Rachel Dolezal. Dolezal is white identifying as black. She is a member of a group that is tiny. So is the group that identify Russia as being anything noble.
Russia is an evil state. It has a history of not valuing life as we do here in the USA and other western nations. There is NOTHING about Russia that is noble. There is NOTHING conservative about Russia. It is in fact a Godless nation, because most do not believe in God.
They are so poor, their primary means of birth control is abortion. My wife had one patient that had 34 abortions. Abortion is something that is readily available, and virtually every woman has a number of them.
Last, marriage. Marriage happens for most when they are young, like 18. And they are typically divorced in 1-2 years, almost no exception. The pressure in Russia is what existed here many years ago on women. If you are not married by 18, you are considered an old maid. Literally! There is immense pressure on women to marry by age 18. They are a society right out the Twilight Zone.
Productivity In the USA, productivity is important, and in evidence in almost everything we do. In Russia, it is virtually nonexistent, and that is why Russia has a hard time attracting capital for investment.
I could go on, but the differences are stark, and this is why I constantly reference us not going down the road to be anything like Russia. And even if Putin goes away, I am 90% certain he is replaced with someone equally bad, or worse.
