Cannoneer,

You are at the top of your information service game! Thanks for the Cossack film link. There were a couple of other gems there, too.

What a rich vein of stuff! I suggest that everybody pour a nice glass of Georgian wine and watch these videos.

In one way it’s like a Rohrschach test. Our *progressive* friends would no doubt see parallels between the Cossacks and the Minute Men. American nationalists would see proof that the Russians are fanatics.

It does speak to wretchard’s questions about the nature of nation. These Cossacks seek an authenticity beyond the “Market Nation,” they are not satisfied with an identity as passive consumers of the products of modernity. They certainly don’t want to be counterfeit Americans.

Fascinating stuff …