On: Francis Fukuyama’s Defense of Liberalism

[medo-bear]

i think people in russia are largely sceptical of liberalism due to the huge mess it caused during the yeltsin years. yelsin, a hard core liberal, by the way ordered the army to shoot its tanks on the parliament in 1993 [0], and had the support of the liberal west to do it. today (and since the fall of ussr) the biggest opposition in russia comes from the communists

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_...

[thriftwy → medo-bear]

Even if people become largely sceptical of Putin, he's not going away unless he choses to. So, being sceptical* of Putin is another example of unproductive behavior; and prolonged unproductive behavior is a sign of mental illness according to DEG.

* in any way that exhibits in your behavior