Nicko.. I once was a US hater, when I was a teenager.
My professor in my class "society studies" (smth like that) asked me what music I had on my
walkman (!! long time ago)
It was Foo Fighters, and Rage Against the Machine.
(That's 2 American bands FYI.)
I felt very stupid at that point. How can I both hate US, while I identify with US youth culture??
Simple point, but very valid, and very true when taken to the end.
If it wasn't obvious enough, the US produces tonnes and tonnes of both good and bad stuff. Like it or not, you have to acknowledge that their cultural, production, scientific prowess is unmatched in the world. I think one can safely say that it's the one country that leads the rest of the world when it comes to many fields. Yes, they also have many problems, with mentality, with guns, with their international wars. Even so, you have to give them a lot credit for what they achieve.
I know it's hard to have 2 ideas in the head at the same time, but the world is not simple, and It's necessary to keep your mind open. Now, ofc Russia ALSO have their writers, their composers, their poets and their pop music. Just that right now, today, Russian cultural and political thinking is without any power whatsoever.
People that hate the US and everything it is, are usually hypocrites who love to watch "The Godfather" on TV, alone at night. That movie was created in a country, in a context, by Americans, in the US. I'm sorry to say so, I sound like US patriot, but the US
IS -
Undisputedly, the greatest country on Earth, by most measures.
Now I still think there are huge problems, and great retardation there too. In the end though, I think RF has more to learn from US than the other way around. History has left the RF system in the dust. You need a new one.
Thats what Ukraine understood, and I think Russians also understand deep down somewhere. The humiliation of being "a nation once great" is mentally forcing you to choose sides. Americans would be in same situation, had the RF system been superior.
It is not superior however, even your brothers, the Ukrainians are turning their backs to you.
When are you going to realize yourselves?