Zelensky says the timing of Ukraine's counteroffensive has been set

Most moskaliks are insanely jealous if the US....they publicly criticize and condemn ,privately they long for a standard of living like in the US.....something RuZZfascista is simply not capable of ever providing.

 

Well yeah, they don't have the kind of freedom that allows capitalism to work properly. Like Commie China, they think businesses and individuals must serve the state. They don't trust private business and entrepreneurs. They've been indoctrinated with Marxist ideology. The form of it to which they adhere seems to regard entrepreneurs and free enterprise as untrustworthy, and thus needing to be closely monitored and controlled and directed to do whatever a committee or autocrat decides.

 

Update from Ukraine | Where is the Ukrainian Counterattack? Final Preparations Continue

 

I suspect the problem in Russia goes MUCH deeper than Marxism. That was just one more manifestation of the Russian attachment to autocracy that remains on display to this day. That lack of initiative and desire to be directed explains SO much about why Russia is as it is. China is a bit different - they expect and celebrate achievement, which acts as a driver for success despite authoritarian government. Russians celebrate mediocrity, which guarantees they consistently achieve it.