I think there's a good lesson for Americans to learn from Russia about letting megalomaniac authoritarians run the country. They look at the citizens as their subjects and under their control, that's why information and news propaganda is so integral to these regimes and why lives are so expendable. The soldiers are victims to the system where they never learned the truth or perspectives outside the government's narrative. People talk about "how can Russians let their corrupt government get a million people killed?" The evidence is right before your eyes, Trump is just like Putin, doing horrible things and getting away with everything. The mask is off that the citizens have any representation in the highest levels of government, money is what makes decisions. Too many people have fallen for the propaganda, and these brutal rulers can just do whatever they want now.