Since the 2014 Maidan coup in ukraine which brought mentally unstable fanatics to power on the US and EU dimes, and Russia´s annexation of Crimea afterwards, Russia has been sanctioned and vilified in the west in all sorts of ways.
This has turned into straight racism, bigotry, and threats against Russians and Russian culture and identity.
The westoids and their adherents tell us that the dislike of Russia is rooted in its imperialist/communist past, and becuase it invaded ukraine.
But this is not so. And by this rationale, everyone must also hate France, UK, US and Spain for their imperial and colonialist pasts forever, including all their people and cultures, without end.
People who attribute dislike of Russia on some things Russians did in their past are also ignorant of cause and effect.
The hatred of Russia isn´t new, and goes back centuries. It is not simply a reaction to something Russia did, or a singular event that occured in any particular year, and in a particular place.
The western hatred of Russia is based on three main causes, and none of them have much to do with any act, or event, although examples of such are used to drive anti-Russian hatred.
The first reason why the west hates Russia is because for centuries it has failed to conquer and subdue Russia politically and economically, and turn it into an appendage colony of the west.
The Mongols, Poles, Swedes, French and Germans have all invaded Russia, but failed to subdue it. Russia has proven too strong and resilient, and this is the biggest source of the west´s ire.
The west wants control over Russia so it can control Asia. A strong, independent Russia prevents this from happening.
Refusing to be conquered and controlled by the west is a gigantic slap to the west’s ego, which has convinced itself that it is superior to all. By rejecting western dominance, the west sees Russia as rejecting this supposed superiority.
The second reason why the west hates Russia is because the Russian people have not allowed themselves, their culture, religion, traditions and identity to be supplanted by foreign western dictates and customs in order to make Russians a compliant people, and Russia a carbon copy of the west.
Yes, western ideas and other fashions did influence Russia to some degree through the ages, but the Russians have the ability to keep their identity regardless, and weed out anything that threatens to replace and alter it while keeping things that are compatible and complement it, and prove useful to them.
The inability of the west to foist upon Russia its ways and dictates has prevented the subjugation of Russians. Let‘s remember that communism was a western import brought into Russia by a small minority encouraged by the west-in this case Germany.
Western Catholicism and Protestantism, both imbued with western European chauvinism and messianism, were also used to subordinate peoples and nations to the western regimes authority and interests. This has been proven in many different places throughout history.
It is why the Russian Orthodox Church in ukraine is being persecuted, its churches raided, property confiscated, and its priests arrested, because Russian Orthodoxy has remained immune to the corruption and political influences of the US and western European regimes that has overcome the catholic and protestant churches.
This is why the westoids label the Russians as xenophobic and jealous of the west. But this is simply western anger at being unable to brainwash and co-opt Russians.
And Russian xenophobia jealousy is actually a healthy sense of suspicion and self-preservation against harmful ideas. And after the communist experience, as well as the western-imposed economic and social shocks of the 1990s, the Russians have every reason to distrust the west, and keep it at bay.
The cultural, religious, and strategic hegemony over Russia was, and still is a western aim. It is the reason behind the anti-Russian propaganda, bigotry, and manipulation employed by western European and US regimes to make Russians doubt and dislike themselves, see the west as superior in all things, and adopt western ways, which ultimately best serve the interests of the west, not Russians.
Russia´s ability to stave this off is why we hear temper tantrums about Russians being backward, uncivilized, Asiatic, mongoloid, a barbarian horde, inept, primitive, and other such ad hominems. But this is simply veiled western frustration at being unable to control Russia and its resources.
The third reason why the west hates Russia is because Russia is a free, independent, and sovereign country with its own policies and resources, with its own ideas about its present and future path, and is not subject to western control and dependence. Being unable to control Russia internally through its embassies and NGOs is a very sore point for western regimes.
Russian independent policy, free of western influence, also prevents western regimes from exploiting Russia economically and plundering its resources for cheap, or free.
Having its own independent policy also means that Russia can have a strong military and develop its own technology, which is generations ahead of anything all of NATO has.
Being an independent country with its own policies and strong military also gives Russia great influence in international affairs, and the power to confront, and prevent the western regimes from getting their way.
This is why we constantly hear paranoid screeching from western capitals about how Russia is a threat to the safety and security of the world, and a dictatorship ruled by evil tyrant Vladimir Putin. But again, this is just veiled frustration at being unable to control Russia.
Because to the western regimes, any country that refuses to subordinate itself to them is a threat.
This shows the cold, hard truth that Russia and the west cannot co-exist peacefully. Either one would have to gain power over the other, or both would have to come to a mutual agreement and not interfere in each other's affairs. And while for Russia this would not be a problem, for the west - whose well-being is driven primarily by theft and exploitation of the rest of the world - peaceful and amicable co-existence with Russia, or any other independent world power is not possible.
The west only wants peace and tranquility on its terms. If it cannot get it, it will sow endless chaos, as we see now in Ukraine, Palestine, and elsewhere. All these conflicts are a clear sign that the west is losing control.
The west´s own ignorance is now biting it in the ass.
