For those disillusioned with any or all of: - the profligate "Liberal West" (capital L and scare quotes absolutely intended), - the reactionary will-destroying national guilt complex ever burdening the Germans, - the tall poppy syndrome "all intellectual competency is a threat" so rife here in Australia and elsewhere, - the cotton wool, safe space, "let's have a cry-in at Juan's" feminine domination of society, - the denial of facts to the decrying of facts to the absolute assertions that "some facts are literally not to be talked about", at least (((according to some self-proclaimed "punks"))) or any of the many other psychological ills and woes we witness daily in this connected era, is it any wonder that those of a conservative nature might get a little tired of the Illuminaughty's endless chaos, wars, destruction and Jewish debt-based cyclical boom and bust cycles? And further that said humans of a conservative nature might tend to gravitate to "nationalistically rational strong-men" 'leaders'? The following is a labour of love in the careful translation from Russian which we witness, giving an insight into some history, some pscyhological analysis, and wrapped in little to no hype for us "mere English speakers" - even some "Translator's notes" adorn the end". Worth the time for those who have it. Enjoy, Original (in Russian): https://um.plus/2016/04/09/rossiya-rodina-mamontov-i-patriotov/ English links: http://www.unz.com/akarlin/mammoths-and-patriots/ http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/russia-has-been-fighting-european-nati... “Sometimes I hear that saying “patriotism as a national idea” is akin to saying that water is wet. However, this argument comes from people with a very superficial understanding of how difficult it is to be patriot given that, unlike a comfortable cosmopolitanism, patriotism is the path of struggle. Also, they fail to realize how important the contribution of Russia and Russian culture is to shaping the very phenomenon of a patriotic consciousness in the modern world. The Russians developed patriotism as a national idea far earlier than most European nations. And it is Russia that keeps its faith in a “Europe of Fatherlands” or a “World of Fatherlands” in today’s age of identity erasure.”