ah ah ah i welcome back to one's apartment, victor chucky, who teaches at can coordinate university of edmonton. now, victoria, you have another fascinating view on to this conflict which i haven't seen many specialist wars. and essentially, it's an argument that this evolution of the american self perception as sort of the direct presentation of god on this planet has been, i, in fact, a combination of not only geography, but also it's a, it's a religious thinking and particularly be the influence of the calvinist ideas of dividing people into and perhaps nations as well into the elect once and b o, what was the terrific they wrap rubbermaid? ah, yes. do you see playing out in their current politics as well? oh well you know, in the general sense, yes. well, 1st of all, if you say that, of course, united states is the only country was politically thought of themselves along those terms. and indeed, one can find similar themes in the history of britain, france, russia, right? but when you look, for example, as the russian version of this nation, especially in special relation to god, r