While this simplistic and infantile way of reasoning is on the one hand clearly a psychological outgrowth of the logic of war that can colonize the brains of even the smartest intellectuals and turn them into bloodthirsty warmongers, this line of argument that has been pushed at least since 2016—since Trump so dramatically beat Neocon-in-Chief Hillary Clinton—also serves as a convenient excuse for all and any domestic failures in Collective West countries. In case of troubles, just blame Putin. The devil in the Kremlin will make all your sorrows go away.

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