Putin's Rasputin: The Dangerous Mind of Aleksandr Dugin

[Javaman]

https://medium.com/intelligence-challenged/putins-rasputin-the-dangerous-mind-of-aleksandr-dugin-d02290ba6045

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Who is Aleksandr Dugin?

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Dugin spent a number of years as a dissident, a journalist fighting against communism. Before you think of this in admirable terms, it is important to remember Dugin was not your usual dissident. He was not bravely seeking a road to democracy and freedom for his fellow Russians, but instead fomenting his twisted fascist philosophy with other far-right European intellectuals.
Coupled with his fascist politics, Dugin was increasingly obsessed with all things mystical and religious, in particular what he imagined was the coming of End Times. His adoration of Heidegger’s pro-nazi philosophies, coupled with his worship of Evola began to lead him in new, and increasingly bizarre directions. His writings are full of eschatological ramblings, often using intellectual slight-of-hand to justify his growing obsession with bringing about some golden dawn for traditional societies, after the collapse of liberal democracies around the globe.

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n it, Dugin describes a new empire, which he calls Eurasia (for those familiar with Orwell’s 1984, the name should be eerily-familiar), a Russian-controlled bloc of nation-states which are ruled by ‘traditional’ religious and political structures. Think oppressive autocracies / kingdoms, mixed with the brutal control of traditional religion.
Dugin blames Atlanticists, a loose affiliation of ‘sea-faring states’ which are at philosophic war with Eurasia. He posits that these “Sea Powers” plotted the downfall of the Warsaw Pact and the USSR, and believes the time has come for revenge. In particular, Dugin blames the United States and its empire for the exportation of its progressive ideals.

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this guy is certifiably nuts but he needs to be watched.

[Walleye]

1. I get it. The Russian nation has ocean envy

We have noticed in this country that the most liberal areas are on the coastline