The unpleasant reality is, Russians, like the Chinese, have never, in all their long history, existed without authoritarian rule. Their people are culturally inured to it. They actively seek it. They’re broken, as a society, and only dissolving their society will cure them.
The libs are not ok.
"They have the authoritarian bone in their skulls, they thrive under the whip, those despotic asiatic hordes"
"Don't worry sweaty, I hate the government, not the people"