Power can drive people crazy. But just as often, probably more often, claims of madness are just a paraphrase because one does not understand. One of the most disgusting points of the Western world is right there: The inability to imagine other ways of thinking than the liberal democratic, science-based and supposedly rational.


This is not an appeal to "understand" Putin. What you need to realize with him is not complicated. He despises the decadence of the Western world, is driven by Slavic patriotism and he have just wrapped away the digital curtain of virtual comfort and shows the cruel and naked World where everything, in fact, is ultimately about physical violence. It is neither advanced nor historically unique. Is not about "crazy". It's clear we cannot imagine and tolerate that people actually have different ideas ​​than us. This is not about Putin, it´s about you.


The freedom of the western world has an undertone that jokes falsely. Chatting activists want to silence others. Far too many Western critics seem to use the same template as Putin. About this: We have dug ourselves into sex and trans and race and all that. Our naivety has been expressed in busy sharing of the environment apocalypse updates while Russia is preparing for war. But honestly, to the most of you, what do really feel and think when the extremist environmental movements are f***ing up economies and trans activists want to remove the concept of gender? Maybe think like Putin?


It is definitively not clear, as it is dangerous for thoughts in West to be outspoken freely. An example: One of the few “nationalist” parties in Sweden, “Sverigedemokraterna” has become one of the 3 biggest parties. Approximately 20% of the votes are on them. But only a very small fraction of Swedes has the courage to declare the truth if they vote on that party. Why? Because it is marked by its enemies as “racist”. And to be racist, is to be stuck in a political no go zone. Even, if the word racist is originally an -ism and not means to be against any other race.


But back to the task: The Western world is systematically underestimating its strength and resilience, especially in comparison with authoritarian states. The flora of opinions, from trans-activists and environment apocalypse prophets, to anti-waxers and freedom-driving truck drivers, could be an advantage if the discussions were fair and not silently censored. The chattering activists stir up their couch potato Twitter/Facebook mob to silence others. Not understand Putin is a weak point and come from our own mind that we don´t understand ourselves. Through yourself, you get to know others.