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If Putin was smarter, he could take to heart the words of Sheikh Rashid[0] who was in a similar situation. Russia has so many smart people, it's insane the stat
by hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
If Putin was smarter, he could take to heart the words of Sheikh Rashid[0] who was in a similar situation. Russia has so many smart people, it's insane the state failed to support them in creating truly great things.
[0] "My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel"
- pasabagi 5y ago> it's insane the state failed to support them in creating truly great things. Insane, and tragic. I blame Stalin. He created a state where the only people who could stomach being an apparatchik had no moral center, where real power always flowed through backchannels, and where limits on official power were always provisional and informal. Putin is just the cynical dregs of this system.