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230. Russia, Ukraine, and the West | Frederick Kagan
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Is There a Cause for Chaos in Russia?
When things are going chaotically wrong, one of the simplest things to do always is to identify the, make a unitary assumption of cause and to make it external. It's convenient in 50 ways. First of all, it gives you an enemy to unite against. It solves your conscience. The reason that the the former Soviet Union was so catastrophically chaotic in the 1990s has very complicated and detailed reasons. And unfortunately, Yeltsin was preoccupied with the fight against the communists and keeping Russia democratic. I don't know whether he ever would have been able to undertake that mission successfully anyway.
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