"Our" side in that particular context obviously means NATO, the US, the five eyes countries, the west etc. Take your pick.

And yes, I think you have a side, and I think these groups' foreign policies are 1. Very far from being simply "evidence based" and 2. Not in any meaningful sense under democratic control.

Have you ever wondered why so many people actually turn up to vote for Putin in Russia, even though they don't really influence anything by doing so?

I think they have simply decided that it's easier to want what they can have. Learn to like the taste of the only course that's on the menu.

And I also think that attitude is very common in the western world.