Sympathy For The Devil

The left and right in the USA are both very misguided on their views on Putin. Politically, he is far left of Bearnie Sanders, and the alt-right sympathizing with him is nothing short of hilarious. On the left, our constant accusations of him getting Trump elected to office only serve to strengthen Putin's power and encourage him to do more of the same in the future.

Why? Pay attention:

1. Putin cares about the Russian people deeply. 
2. After the fall of Iron Curtain, Russia fell into chaos, as the "free market" drove their culture into moral depravity and destitute economic chaos. 
3. Putin was elected into power in response to that chaos - it was no secret he was a former KGB agent, that was what the Russian people voted for specifically. Though there may not be any such thing as real elections in Russia, Putin still remains incredibly popular with his people.
4. He doesn't have a great human rights record, but he does everything he can - unlike Trump - to make sure all his people can have adequate access to health care and other critical services to survive. 
5. Putin's greatest fear is Democracy. He fears a right-wing scam artist, who has no real understanding of government or economics, could get in control of Russia, making life impossible for most of the Russians Putin has devoted his life to serving. 
6. Putin's tampering with the USA's 2016 presidential election was a demonstration to the world that his worst fears were possible.
7. Ironically, Putin doesn't care about what happens in the Americas, which is why it was low risk for him to use an election here as his model. 
8. What Putin cares about is the opinion of the Russian people who he serves. 
9. Regardless of weather or not Putin's election tampering was really influential, whenever the USA's media reports that Putin's tampering was effective, they are supporting Putin's message to the Russian people: Democracy can easily be manipulated to give you an embarrassing clown as a president, who will sell you out to the rich at his first opportunity.