Putin’s war – emerges as an attempt to “correct” history, to forge a present in which these ruptures no longer define the historical landscape. In other words, it is a war of “alternative history” – a war to undo the West’s triumph and to erase Ukraine as a nation distinct from Russia.
Thanks to Anne for re-posting this. We seem to be living in a world of over sized egos. Putin wants to be his own form of a historical hero, Trump want to somehow prove, even if corruption is required, that he is "the Supreme Business" person instead of a failure. Elon his seed of life via hate.
Great article making Putin’s psychology much clearer.
Same as Trump's war on the gains made in the US since the 50s. Rewrite history and sell it to the masses. The good old days.
Putin has a comrade in Musk, whose aggressive anti-DEI white nationalism seeks an alternative US history to the end of apartheid in SA - in the Musk family view, a terrible mistake.
Very insightful. Many thanks for this.
It's not "Putin's war". It's an attempt of Russian jingoistic expansion with prospective genocide. Like this one en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russifi...
Alleged historical roots👇. P.S. I'm italian,we could claim every town/city founded by Romans around western Europe,Middle East and North Africa en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Potemkin