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Putin is unstable, and him losing power would make him fight like hell and potentially act exactly as you say, suicidal and homicidal. We have exactly that in
by tragictrash 5y ago
Putin is unstable, and him losing power would make him fight like hell and potentially act exactly as you say, suicidal and homicidal.
We have exactly that in power right now. Putin wasn't rational before, and now he's at risk of losing power. I think it's more grave than anyone wants to admit.
He's an animal backed into a corner. It's not 'russians' calling the shots here, it's one Russian who is unstable and making very poor tactical decisions.
- ledauphin 5y agothe counterbalance to this is (as always) the members of the military. They, too, are human beings, and it takes more than one or two of them to cause actual nuclear weapons to actually launch. On many occasions in history, wars have stopped because too many people in the military decided that their political "masters" were too insane to be obeyed. We can hope that this pattern would repeat itself.
- nyokodo 5y ago> Putin is unstable, and him losing power would make him fight like hell If Putin can single-handedly cause the rockets to launch then your fear is possibly rational. However, if there are any other people in the loop at all then Putin is unlikely to convince everyone else to commit murder suicide on the entire planet.
- tragictrash 5y agoMakes me feel a little more hopeful about the future, thanks for responding