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Originally Posted by Thor
A friend of mine, she's Russian living in Dubai, is brutal when it comes to patriotism, so much anger towards the US and the sanctions.
I think the nationalism is so deep in that culture because of the old Soviet Union, the humiliating way it ended, and the struggles since. They instead of looking inwards for blame seem to lash out at the west, which is ironic since so much of their improved economy comes from outside investors, but its the internal corruption and criminal organizations that screw the regular Russian people.
The scapegoating is really well done by the Putin government, the people lap it up.
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Not too surprising, it really is kind of like how many people will blame outside factors for there problems rather than see that they need to change because it is easier and requires that you don't actually do anything.
This is also a classic tactic for those with power to redirect people's anger by going, "Look you see those people over there? They aren't like us they don't(Think/act/look/believe) the same as we do, they are the cause of our troubles. So get them there is no reason to look at the man behind the curtain."