To defeat the enemy, you must understand the enemy. To do this, you should first learn their language. Putin speaks German, English and French.

@BohemianBabe That sounds contradictory though. Based on what I've heard from "Similar World" experts, East German was highly underdeveloped under Soviet control, whereas West Germany had a thriving and prosperous economy.

@Jokersswild So ya know how when a population is poor, they get desperate for any kind of change, and that's how fascist movements like MAGA take power? That's why today East Germany is full of Nazis that support the AfD, as well as Tankies that support the BSW.
The takeaway from East Germany being poor SHOULD be that Authoritarianism is bad, but East Germans aren't thinking about that, they're just thinking they need a drastic change from modern Neo-Liberalism.