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One wonders if he will be permitted by the others who make up the Russian plutocratic oligarchy | ![]() | ||
Re: Putin Says A Political Solution Is Still Possible -- Russ Walden | Post Reply | Top of thread | Forum |
Posted by: LateForLunch ® ![]() 06/25/2023, 23:12:08 Author Profile Mail author Edit |
Unless I am mistaken, shortly after this statement from Putin, the Wagner units went rogue. Coincidence, most likely. I thought Xiden was wrong about Putin being a dictator - that is a misnomer - supposed-dictators are largely not pure autarchs - they're heads of oligarchies and are ultimately accountable to their group for power/authority. Even Stalin was likely assassinated so I'm thinking it's exactly like the Mafia tradition where "made" guys aren't often wacked by their own brotherhood. Instead, they're given a chance to conform to the consensus so that they can make "an informed decision" to comply. Although unknown for certain, there is apparently evidence that Stalin was wacked -largely because nobody was left to object if he got wacked. Stalin may with his psychopathic, paranoid style of rule, have put himself in the unenviable position of being far-more popular/valuable as a corpse than alive. Putin would not risk being perceived as a "liability" to his peers. he is too shrewd for that. Modified by LateForLunch at Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 01:45:44 |
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