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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Conservatism is about maintaining the current status quo. The preexisting status quo across the world was dictator to some degree. The USSR, despite calling itself socialist, was still an oligopoly-ran system where the rulers simply used the language of socialism to take the means of production from the workers.

Conservatives also tend to love to use national identity to corral disparate ideologies that are willing to put country over principles, too.

Putin actively maintains the oligopoly and rule-by-fear of Russia and the USSR. He actively maintains the national identity of Russia. He actively protects the status quo corruption that keeps him in office.

Putin is a conservative in nearly every way a leader can be conservative for Russia.