Hi Rae
that was an interesting read. I do think philosophers, generally speaking, leave marks on society and history- for bad or for good.

Interesting paragraph below. I particularly like the very accurate description of Bernard Henri Levy. Deified indeed. If one worships Satan. Brzezinski was better at putting forth ideas. Though he relied heavily, on Mackinder’s doctrine (claiming no in depth just enough to understand the similarities.

“At the same time, no one in the West could demonstrate his intellectual superiority over Dugin (who was invited to hundreds of intellectual discussions with Western ideologists and philosophers), to demonstrate the primacy and validity of Western intellectual thought in an open dialogue—neither Brzezinski, nor Fukuyama, nor Bernard Henry Levy (deified by the contemporary Western intellectual community).”

Putin does indeed appear to be a well informed/well read person. As is Lavrov.
I’m on board with Russia wanting stability and security at their border. Ukraine could have had that. But their western leadership ( zelensky is a puppet) doesn’t
thanks for the link Rae

This was an article I read the other day and found it very interesting and topical to your post. Putin’s brain; nonsense as you say. Yet I believe philosophers, do have a very important mark on history and great leaders who are moralist thinkers. Castro, Chavez, Gaddafi, are just a few in recent history. Putin a great leader, moralist, and well read; I can only assume has studied and has taken Dugin’s work very seriously. Dugin probably isn’t sitting down with Putin and chatting these days, as I doubt Putin has the time now to sit down with anyone other that his close advisors and strategist. Dugin is someone who would provide a long term strategy.
Usreal always prepping for some nastiness, to blame their enemies for their dirty deeds, and a murder of Z wouldn’t be a surprise.
I think retaliation will come on Russian calendar if at all, not US stopwatch time, as Putin truly wants peace. Z the puppet isn’t likely to be their retaliating target that’s for sure. Dugina’s murder won’t be the reason for the retaliation, if it does come, but one of many; bio labs, pipeline blow, U coup, treaty breaking,Syria, etc, etc. Even though to murder Z the stooge would make no sense on Russ behalf. the US and companies playbook is pretty limited so a dirty deed of any kind and frame, is their to go to play and very possible. It’s a play used over and over, some of the propagandized public might believe even when totally illogical, but most won’t and it’s sweep under the rug as they move on to the next false flag. The Rumsfeld doctrine, were-an-empire-now-and-when-we-act-we-create-our-own-reality.