The Rope and the Hanged Men "The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." Replacing "capitalists" with "Europeans" in the prophecy attributed to Lenin provides the best portrait of the #EU and #NATO ruling classes (excluding the US). Putin's spokespeople, to maintain support for the regime and the war, must demonstrate every day that it is the EU and NATO who want to attack #Russia, not the other way around. But they can peacefully go on vacation and let the Euro-dwarf