I’ll explain what’s going on from a cybernetic point of view.
There is such a concept in the theory of systems as feedback. If the feedback is disrupted or absent, the system is scattered.

So, "the king is good, the warriors are bad", "It’s all the West’s fault" – these are indicators of a lack of feedback.

There is power as an official delegate from the people. If the people are foolish, the power must be changed.
All the power. If a king cannot build a boyar, he is a bad king. If the country is bad, then you need to change the power, it is responsible for making the country good. It cannot cope with the sanctions of the West - it is from the market.

If the authority does not want to change, it is a violation of feedback. The system will crumble and collapse. The simple law of system theory.