It kind of is a competition though.How many go back to Russia? Actually a decent number. Having lived the majority of my life in the community of Russian immigrants in the US, I have known a number of different families who actually have moved back to Russia. Moving back to Russia is by no means unheard of; some people come to the US and then decide they liked it better in Russia. It's not the majority, and there are still obviously more Russians moving to the US than moving from the US to Russia. But that doesn't Russia apart as some sort of dystopia, it merely goes to show that, though it's gradually declining, the US is still the number one destination for immigration in the world.
So much of the anti-Russian narrative, along with unrealistic aspects of a pro-Russian narrative, would be alleviated if people just realized that Russia is more or less a normal country. It has problems, but you can certainly live there. Millions of people live perfectly happy lives there. Sometimes they come to America....and then go back because they liked it better there. And other times they stay, because America is also a place where you can have a happy life.
We all want to live in a society. People in western countries have realized that their society is sick. So we have people looking around, myself included, and saying “that place looks kind of normal”. The problem with the Russia thing is we have so many people going overboard with it. You got people saying Russia is governed by Solomon. In all honesty I enjoyed entertaining such an idea. It’s a great fantasy. The problem is I know why societies get sick in the first place.
Why is liberalism so destructive? It’s destructive because it removes accountability, structure and order. So when I notice problems in Russia and people come on and say “actually Solomon is playing 4D chess here”, it’s like bro, what are doing? We need to hold people accountable. Why do you venerate these people so much? They have to earn our respect, they need to sweat when making decisions. They don’t need nor do they deserve cheerleaders in their current state.