WHY I CHOOSE RUSSIA OVER THE WEST: FIRST PRINCIPLES

Understand the Big Picture

• The US would use, sacrifice, and destroy ANY country in order remain the sole superpower
• The US does not have any friends or allies, only vassals
• What Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan have all in common
• Neither Russia nor China seek to replace the US as World hegemon 
• Why China and Russia must win the AI race before the US
• How Russia has surpassed Japan and Germany to become the World´s 4th biggest economy
• How standards of living in Russia are rapidly catching up with Western Europe´s
• How Russia protects itself and its population from destructive globalist ideologies
• And much more...

Introduction

THE WEST

1    The Thucydides Trap: When Fear and Hubris Drive Destructions

• US Supremacy by Whatever Means
• The Forces Behind The US Seeking Supremacy
• Cognitive Dissonance in the West
• Why the Elites in the West are so Incompetent  (FREE)

2    The Trojan Horse: How Noble Ideas Unravel Societies 

• Enforced Gynocentrism
• Worship of Nature
• Repression of Truth
• Sliding into Dystopic Postmodernism

RUSSIA

3    The Right Side of History: In Search of Continuity 

• A Terrible Geography: a History of Defense
• A Great Historical Tragedy: The Fall and Fragmentation of the Soviet Union 
• How Far Russia Has Come
• Russia - China: The Great Partnership

Conclusion

Val Guillou is a geographer graduated from Université de Bretagne Occidental, Brest, France. He has lived and worked in the USA, Latin America, and China for the past 30 years. He first visited Russia in 1984.

A French national, Val resides in Panama and is currently seeking the obtention of the residency in the Russian Federation.

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