I agree, putin is looking to glorify his accomplishments as “president”. I think the moment he wants to use nukes his ersatz administration will be forced to pull the plug. Hopefully he dies as humiliatingly as all fascists deserve to die.
His successor will still be some flavor of authoritarian. My hope is that within the 3rd administration after putin the world will see Russians leading democracy.
That is to say, I’d like to see truly free and fair elections, rights of the people restored, ethnic Russian culture accepted and embraced, progressive social values supported, and freedom of the press protected.
@FrowingFostek@wintermute_oregon
It would be nice, but it won’t happen. Russia has been ruled by Autocrats for 1,000 years. The revolution wasn’t an uprising. It was a war fought by the Bolsheviks against everybody else. The Russian population simply fell in line with the new Autocrats, starting with Lenin. There has never been an uprising in Russia.
@wintermute_oregon@NOT_RICK
Putin’s successor has been shadowing Putin for years, and was selected by him and the core leadership. Politically, he is Putin’s clone. It will be a seamless succession.
Yeah they won’t be using nukes regardless of how the west “escalates”. They can leave Ukraine and end this whenever they want.
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I agree, putin is looking to glorify his accomplishments as “president”. I think the moment he wants to use nukes his ersatz administration will be forced to pull the plug. Hopefully he dies as humiliatingly as all fascists deserve to die.
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Agreed, the people of Russia deserve better.
@FrowingFostek @wintermute_oregon
Two fundamental beliefs that run right through Russian history.:
1, Suffering is inevitable, and must be accepted.
2. A strongman leader is always best, even if he does terrible things to us.
The Tsar has to go because he was not a strongman. Stalin was idolised because he was, not because they expected ‘better.’
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His successor will still be some flavor of authoritarian. My hope is that within the 3rd administration after putin the world will see Russians leading democracy.
That is to say, I’d like to see truly free and fair elections, rights of the people restored, ethnic Russian culture accepted and embraced, progressive social values supported, and freedom of the press protected.
This is the Russia I hope for.
@FrowingFostek @wintermute_oregon
It would be nice, but it won’t happen. Russia has been ruled by Autocrats for 1,000 years. The revolution wasn’t an uprising. It was a war fought by the Bolsheviks against everybody else. The Russian population simply fell in line with the new Autocrats, starting with Lenin. There has never been an uprising in Russia.
Stalin was much more powerful and feared than Putin is today. Look up how Stalin died if you want an idea of what is in Putin’s head right now.
@partial_accumen @wintermute_oregon
True.
@wintermute_oregon @NOT_RICK
Putin’s successor has been shadowing Putin for years, and was selected by him and the core leadership. Politically, he is Putin’s clone. It will be a seamless succession.