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Trauma Zone is a 6 part documentary of footage inside Russia from the fall of the USSR to the Rise of Putin. Tucker Carlson is a SoCal pussy. I think it’s best to see why Russia is how it is, From a Russian perspective. Believe me they are not your friends. They will lie straight to your face, And anyone defending them is gullible enough to think Russians would care about them. You only need the Russians if you need someone to enable your corruption. If you are from the west, And you start any real commitment with them, The intelligence services will tear it apart. The goal of Putin is to restore the Russian Empire, Before 1917, By force clearly. Bitcoin obsoletes the need for violent imperialism. Why take a country over by force when you can buy it? Russia might legitimately get richer than the United States, And Americans can have fun staying poor. But a corrupt rich person is not a better friend than a loyal poor person.