In its own way Russia’s far right success is as startling as the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

In a very short period of time history is changing. 

Russia pushed on a locked door and discovering the hinges had rotted out. In the US the GOP’s voter driven spiral into fact and value free hate and attack broke more than we knew. An aspect of a process that is much bigger; the stress of globalization and technology and culture transformations. 

It is all so cartoonish, too preposterous to credit. The villains carry “Dr. Evil” cards, they can’t be taken seriously. So we don’t take them seriously.

Now would be a good time to start taking them seriously.