re: nations being unsalvagable

@toomas_ilves @glynmoody

@whvholst

Walter, you're not wrong.

The problem with #russia is, however, that no-one can "see a way back" for it. Not because of prevalent performative military-#jingoigm, but because there is no "back" there; russia was never washed over by a #civilization based on #morality or rules (however imperfect those rules might've been — see the crimes of every other #expansionist empire in history...)

There are decent, even admirable people borne out of that cesspool, but the "nation" that is *fundamentally* built on toxic, remorseless and *limitless* #colonialism could well be characterized as "unsalvageable". IMHO.