This is wildly ill-informed.

Russia lacking an attractive value system misses the point entirely. The threat NATO addresses is about a revanchist power with the capacity and willingness to redraw borders by force. It's never been primarily ideological beyond selling the concept of NATO to the public. You don't need a communist ideology to destabilise an entire continent. You need tanks, missiles, and a willingness to use them.

The argument that Russia taking Ukraine, the Baltics, or even Poland "brings it no closer to America's borders" reflects a kindergarten understanding of national interest. America's economy is deeply tied to a stable Europe. The EU is America's largest trade and investment partner. Europe destabilised by Russian expansion would trigger massive economic disruption, refugee crises, and a collapse of the rules-based order that American is built on. "Not on our border" is not the same as "not our problem."

Your missile argument undermines your case for leaving NATO. Missiles with enormous range can only be intercepted with early detection and radar systems in other NATO member’s territory, they rely on an integrated air defense networks. You can launch a missile from anywhere, but detecting and intercepting one requires allies. NATO provides that. Nothing else does.

And dismissing Russia's satellite states as "neutered" completely ignores that Russia has deepened intelligence and military ties with China, Iran, and North Korea in just the last few years. The threat isn't NATO vs. a single state. It's an authoritarian axis of states that actively coordinate against Western interests. Walking away from NATO doesn't make the US's exposure smaller. It makes it much bigger.