The West doesn’t need to “understand” #Dugin’s ideas – it needs to reject them outright. Every time he’s platformed, his #dystopian fantasies get one step closer to reality. The world has enough problems without indulging another failed #authoritarian dreamer.
17/17
#Dugin’s Eurasianist theories have been used to justify #Russia’s #wars, interference in Western politics, and violent #geopolitical strategies. But I guess normalizing Russian #imperialism and #fascism is just the next step in restoring trade relations and lifting #sanctions.
16/17
… legitimized rather than condemned. #Dugin presents himself as a philosopher, but he’s really just a second-rate #Rasputin cosplayer. His “theories” are nothing more than dressed-up justifications for #authoritarianism, #genocide and imperial conquest.
15/17
And Carlson isn’t alone. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria also platformed #Dugin, referring to him as a “#Russian political philosopher” instead of an #extremist fascist. This normalization is dangerous and shifts the #Overton window in favor of #authoritarianism. To be fair, CNN REALLY…
13/17
Tucker, who can’t even pronounce #Dugin’s name (WTF is “Duujin”?) has also complained that the madman’s books can’t be found on Amazon. Despite being an ultra-nationalist #propagandist, he is increasingly being normalized as a “philosopher” in Western discourse.
12/17
This trend was started in Apr 2024 by everyone’s favorite #vatnik #propagandist and “#Russia expert”, Tucker Carlson. He gave #Dugin an uncritical platform. By doing so, he mainstreamed his #ideology to millions already primed to distrust their own democratic institutions.
11/17
#Dugin has consistently advocated for #Ukraine’s annihilation. He claims Ukraine is an “artificial country” that must be absorbed into #Russia. His rhetoric has dehumanized #Ukrainians, even calling them a “race of degenerates” in 2014.
8/17
Eventually, #Dugin envisions a multipolar world where #authoritarian empires—led by #Russia—replace Western liberal values with traditionalism, spiritualism, and, of course, absolute power. He frames this as a struggle between a “corrupt, materialistic West”…
6/17
Some of #Dugin’s most extreme fantasies – #wars, #occupations, and ethnic cleansings – are unfolding in #Ukraine and #Georgia. The final outcome is still uncertain, but his vision is being carried out in real-time.
5/17
#Dugin called for destabilizing the #US by exacerbating internal divisions. Fast forward to today: culture #wars, #conspiracy theories, far-right lunatics, and social media algorithms doing half the work for him.
3/17
In my first #Dugin Soup, I covered the man’s 1997 book Foundations of #Geopolitics — a manual for dismantling the West, breaking up #NATO, and building a #Russian-led empire. In it, he makes eerie “predictions” that seem to be playing out today.
2/17
In today’s Vatnik Soup REBREW, I’ll introduce a Russian ultra-nationalist #propagandist and “philosopher”, Aleksandr #Dugin. He’s best-known for his blueprint on #Russia’s geopolitical strategy and for his #genocidal rhetoric towards #Ukrainians.
1/17
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@KimSJ
In that same book, Osnovy Geopolitiki, #Dugin also suggests to alienate the UK from the rest of Europe… which was achieved with #Brexit in June 2016, just a few months before Trump got elected,
@mina @LeilahLilienruh
Meine aktuelle Arbeitshypothese: Ich bin der Ansicht dass es schlicht Betrug ist. #Mump wird die Ukraine so oder so fallen lassen, egal ob sie zahlt oder nicht. Europa gehört zum #Großraum der Russen. Amerika kümmert sich lieber um seinen eigenen Großraum: Mexiko bis Grönland.
Halford #Mackinder und Carl #Schmitt würden sich freuen. Und #Dugin kommt aus dem Feiern gar nicht mehr heraus.
The new director of national intelligence in the USA has a fan in Russia.
#russia #dugin #dni #tulsigabbard #usa
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