Are you confused by what's going on with Ukraine and Russia? What is going on in Putin's mind? And in the minds of Russians and Ukrainians? People there are divided because the system of loyalty has long been corrupted to honor those who feed you first no matter how they get it done. To understand this mindset in a context that doesn't take any current political sides, let's travel back in time to 1842 when a Russian novelist with Ukrainian heritage by the name of Nikolay Gogol published the book "Dead Souls". It's a fascinating take down of corrupt Russian society by telling the story of a con man who shares many characteristics with Anna Delvey a.k.a. Anna Sorokin whom Netflix recently featured in their hit series "Inventing Anna".