Thomas Barrio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rizomatica.noblogs.org/author/rizomatica/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rizomatica</span></a></span> </p><p>3/9<br>In Russia, post-Stalinism has become the ideological glue. Putin’s regime uses Stalinist symbols and WWII mythology to forge national identity, justify authoritarianism, and criminalize dissent. The “deep state” isn’t just a Western conspiracy theory—it’s a visible reality in both Russia and the US. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostStalinism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostStalinism</span></a></p>