"Is it possible to make the argument that on this particular economic issue Russia is the standard bearer for liberalism and the west is turning away from its founding principles?"
Clear, beautiful analysis.
I grew up in Eastern Europe and I live in Canada ( I am 55)
I use to hate soviet propaganda and lies in the 80s.
Now Russians often appear to me more moral or more truthful.
"Is it possible to make the argument that on this particular economic issue Russia is the standard bearer for liberalism and the west is turning away from its founding principles?"
Clear, beautiful analysis.
I grew up in Eastern Europe and I live in Canada ( I am 55)
I use to hate soviet propaganda and lies in the 80s.
Now Russians often appear to me more moral or more truthful.
Also they think before acting.
We are just about emotion.