It is Putin’s behavior away from the cameras that speaks much more about his real worldview than speeches.
Eh, dunno, to me his speeches absolutely feel like extension of that “private person” - inconsistencies, constant lies, referring to such pillars of Russian culture as “Brat 2” movie (IMO quite disgusting crime movie, that is, however very beloved by Russians). His affairs were kind of an open secret, and rather contributing to “macho persona”, because he’s actually a little botox gnome with lots of complexes, trying really hard to compensate them.
Respect for authors though for taking the risks and compiling that knowledge.
I’m sorry, someone’s private life kinda’ ceases to be relevant to one’s character if one becomes and acts like a literal tyrant in public…
How so?
If he’s actually trying to keep it private, then that’s a direct mandate for journalists to pry into it as it should be known.
Think you’ve misunderstood OP. They didn’t say it’s off limits, they said it’s irrelevant.
And I’m saying that it is relevant. Maybe op meant that their privacy is irrelevant,…
But their private life is incredibly relevant
The book claims that Putin’s ‘real worldview’ can be determined by peering into his private life. OP is saying that it doesn’t matter wtf his private life says about his real worldview. What matters is that he is behaving like a tyrant, it doesn’t matter if he secretly thinks tyrants are horrible people. Essentially, judge them by their actions, not their thoughts.
Clickbait: the Book.
