Ah the only conspiracy theory we’re encouraged to believe. Wouldn’t that be convenient. A perpetual enemy far away that’s responsible for all of our failures, infiltrating and puppeteering western democracies on the other side of the world. Even the Russian propaganda machine loves this narrative – it makes them seem powerful and dangerous. Not like a corrupt and broken former empire sending off their young to the meat grinder for a bit of loot and territorial ambitions from a lost era.
