Then why it is sold to oppressive regimes to spy on people and crush activists? No, it is done for profit and profit only and it is our duty to condemn lack of government control in that sector.
So author basically read Wikipedia page about some Russian philosopher's book and somehow connected it to Putin and assumed that it is Putin's masterplan. It resembles https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulles%27_Plan
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