I love these juxtaposed realities on memes. These memes are often very manipulative and lack deeper context needed to interpret them…

So, the above are some degenerates flying the American flag on the streets of Moscow in late nineties, a complete cargo cult. Little do they tell you Russia defaulted on its debts in 1998, which marked the end of the 1990s idealism and discredited the pro-Western course. Granted, NATO expansion and the bombing of Yugoslavia contributed as well to the disillusion.

The Russia below represents self sufficiency, autonomy, confidence, and faith.