Are people evil because they're stupid, or stupid because they're evil.
socialism doesn't work. It has never worked. It will never work. Some will say, "But Russia isn't socialist anymore!"
Maybe they don't use the same juvenile jargon and dead language as the old USSR, but it's the same people calling the shots...... Top-Down gooberment. Top-Down -- Everything.
I digress...... The reason Russia has to risk crossing us (not a smart move) is because they're stupid. Too stupid to be able to provide for their own people. All those types (Stalin, Hitler, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc) know how to do is kick people in the teeth and take their stuff. When they run out of their own people they can steal from, they have to turn to the outside world.
And they don't like that. Unless they're socialist scum themselves.
It all comes down to -- Stupidity. Men like Putin don't act based on evil, they are evil, but that's not why they can't do much of anything right..... It's because -- They're stupid.
So -- Are they evil because they're stupid; or stupid because they're evil.
I'm going with Door #1.
maybe