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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I loved The Americans.  We've been wondering what Phillip and Elizabeth would think of Putin.  [/quote]

Well, they'd be in their 80s now, so probably wouldn't care as they sit on their tropical island retirement home somewhere far outside of Russia.[/quote]

It'd be fascinating to see how they adjusted to being back in the Soviet Union and the changes since then.

One of the most memorable scenes in the series for me was a debate they had about which country was better. I think Philip was enjoying a new car, and Elizabeth was judging his enjoyment of a material possession. Philip said something about how the U.S. lifestyle was obviously better, and Elizabeth shot back, "It may be [i]nicer[/i], but it's not [i]better[/i]!" She was a true believer.

I think she'd be pretty horrified at the rise of the oligarchy and Putin's regime. They were used to corruption but could at least excuse it away because of the larger communist/"egalitarian" system. Can't do that with Russia today. (Despite the fact that so many Americans still seem to think that Russia is socialist.)

With the invasion of Ukraine, I can imagine Philip trying to talk Elizabeth into leaving Russia. They were in the U.S. long enough to appreciate that everything the regime was telling them about it was a pack of lies, and they surely would be using a VPN to get the truth about the massive, constant war crimes the Russians were committing. Elizabeth had had a "aha" moment when she realized that scientist was creating a wheat variant that would actually help Russia grow enough food for their people, and it wasn't a biological warfare attempt to further starve Russians, as she'd been told by Moscow. I think that started to shift her assessment of the two countries a bit. [/quote]

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