Problem with Russian Patriots

At first, I wanted to write here that patriots and Russian Government never listen to liberals and that is the reason they hate Russia and try to leave it if they can. However, there is more than that.

Problem with Russian patriots is that they fundamentally do not understand liberals. They hate liberals for lack of love for the Motherland, but they do not understand why liberals are this way. However, the reason patriots can never get liberals is because they think in fundamentally different ways. To understand how exactly, we need to analyze patriot first.

Patriots' mindset revolves around loyalty. Loyalty to the Motherland. They call it Motherland precisely to invoke this feeling. They further amplify it by touting numerous achievements of said Motherland. They would never cease to remind the world of different cultural, scientific and military achievements, Russia made over the course of its existence.

In a mind of a patriot such an accomplished country warrants loyalty. However, such logic only works on patriots themselves. Because it's a mindset of a patriot to seek a country worthy of loyalty. 

That is why patriots always blame America for liberals' lack of patriotism. In patriots mind on the United States can possibly match Russia's own might clot and achievements. That is why they incorrectly assume that if liberals do not like Russia, that is because they like America instead. America steals loyalty of Russian liberals.

That is also why patriots call their opponents traitors. In their mind lack of loyalty to Russia is akin to treason. However, in their mindset loyalty, the trait opposite of treason, is the most valuable quality. They view the people in loyalty treason dichotomy.

However, Russian liberals do not think like Russian patriots. Loyalty as principle holds no sway over the liberal mind at all. Liberals are fundamentally not loyal to anything at all. Even if they like America more than Russia, they are not loyal to America. 

What liberals look for is better quality of life, the level of creature comforts. The USA and Europe clearly have more creature comforts than Russia, so liberals want to go to these countries in order to live a much more comfortable life than what Russia can offer them.

Patriots themselves mock it as liveralism, after some fancy sausage type. However, liberals indeed value countries based on number of fancy sausage types and other creature comforts, that are available there. Other things include warm resort like climate like in Bahamas, comfortable rail transport like in Switzerland and many more.

Liberals in turn mock so called 'bare ass patriotism' precisely because patriots are willing to forgo creature comforts for their country. In a liberal mind that is a pinnacle of complete stupidity. There is nothing more stupid than to deny yourself comfort. Thus, if patriots divide the people into loyal and traitors, then liberals divide them into smart and stupid. That is why liberals criticize stupidity of patriots and of Russia in general.

Unlike what patriots think, in liberal mind places like Bahamas, Switzerland or Tenerife are more desirable than the US. Places that excel at creating maximum comfort for its people. Of course, not every liberal is aware of Bahamas existence, so many indeed conform to patriot stereotypes about them and praise America and the West.

Since worldview of liberals and patriots are so different from each other, understanding is hard. However, their bitter animosity is not something that cannot be solves. After all liberals and patriots look for completely different things.

So, if Russia can provide more comfortable existence for liberals, then they will not be as opposed to patriots as they are now. That of course means diverting a lot of money from military and prestige projects to things of comfort and convenience. However, that will make liberals more loyal to the country and prevent them from emigrating, trying to overthrow the government or becoming alcoholics. Other contries spend on comfort and Russia should do so as well, if its to stay relevant in the future.