Mehdi Hasan Introduces You To Putin's Favorite Fascist Philosopher

[L. Coyote]

MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan walks viewers through the life of Russian philosopher Ivan Ilyin and what his work reveals about the mindset of Vladimir Putin on his invasion of Ukraine.

[ancianita]

1. You can read all about Putin's 'vision guide' in Timothy Snyder's book The Road to Unfreedom.

Highly recommended.

Snyder defines and gives examples of the "politics of inevitability" and the "politics of eternity." Unlike the critics noted in the Wikipedia's entry, I'd rather err on the side of claiming Ilyin had great influence on Putin -- after all, the first thing he did as Russia's president by giving Ilyin an official state funeral in Moscow, full presidential speech and all -- than claiming he doesn't.

[Turbineguy]

2. A philosophy

and grand theft.