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Seems slightly suicidal. And $1M doesn't seem all that much for the potential risk to yourself and your family.

by new_guy 5y ago

wslh 5y ago
Wait until other contributors join the game and add more targets.
- billconan 5y ago
  why not just award all possessions Putin has as the bounty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin%27s_Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin%27s_Palace just pass a law, whoever overthrows a dictator has the right to own (or share) the dictator's belongings.
  - llampx 5y ago
    It makes me shake my head to see people think of the world as black and white. Rarely does the overthrower act better than the despot. If he is American-supported, we will just stop hearing bad things about him. I've seen the pattern play out way too many times. Not Putin supporter ofc.
    - billconan 5y ago
      my suggestion doesn't indicate the overthrower will have the right to become the new dictator. the new government has to be formed follow a democratic procedure. the goal is never replacing an old dictator with a new dictator. my suggestion is about putting the criminal to court cost effectively.
      - aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
        > the new government has to be formed follow a democratic procedure. What nations should be the model for such transitions?
      - dragonwriter 5y ago
        > my suggestion doesn't indicate the overthrower will have the right to become the new dictator. Rights have little to do with what happens in practice.
    - dzhiurgis 5y ago
      > Rarely does the overthrower act better than the despot. Have you got examples of this? In Russian history it always was better.
      - llampx 5y ago
        Pinochet, for one. US-backed coup d'etat overthrowing a democratically-elected government. For more you can read the Wikipedia article United States involvement in regime change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
        dzhiurgis 5y ago
        Lets start with deaths of their own... Lenin - 200k executions, 5 million deaths due to famines Stalin - 800k executions, 1.7 million deaths in the Gulag, plus some famine and some miscellaneous brings to around 5million, some estimates upwards 20 million. Everything after that sounds like a breeze. Now for the involvement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_involvement_in_regime_c... Do I even need to bother looking how much communism had done around world?
  - jiveturkey 5y ago
    often referred to as, you keep what you kill
ashwagary 5y ago
Even if he dislikes Putin, this may be a virtue signal to avoid being the target of the recent growing anti-Russian sentiment in western countries. Some muslims did similar things to avoid the racism after 9/11 and during the Iraq war.

Seems slightly suicidal. And $1M doesn't seem all that much for the potential risk to yourself and your family.

wslh 5y ago

Wait until other contributors join the game and add more targets.

billconan 5y ago
why not just award all possessions Putin has as the bounty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin%27s_Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin%27s_Palace just pass a law, whoever overthrows a dictator has the right to own (or share) the dictator's belongings.
- llampx 5y ago
  It makes me shake my head to see people think of the world as black and white. Rarely does the overthrower act better than the despot. If he is American-supported, we will just stop hearing bad things about him. I've seen the pattern play out way too many times. Not Putin supporter ofc.
  - billconan 5y ago
    my suggestion doesn't indicate the overthrower will have the right to become the new dictator. the new government has to be formed follow a democratic procedure. the goal is never replacing an old dictator with a new dictator. my suggestion is about putting the criminal to court cost effectively.
    - aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
      > the new government has to be formed follow a democratic procedure. What nations should be the model for such transitions?
    - dragonwriter 5y ago
      > my suggestion doesn't indicate the overthrower will have the right to become the new dictator. Rights have little to do with what happens in practice.
  - dzhiurgis 5y ago
    > Rarely does the overthrower act better than the despot. Have you got examples of this? In Russian history it always was better.
    - llampx 5y ago
      Pinochet, for one. US-backed coup d'etat overthrowing a democratically-elected government. For more you can read the Wikipedia article United States involvement in regime change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
      - dzhiurgis 5y ago
        Lets start with deaths of their own... Lenin - 200k executions, 5 million deaths due to famines Stalin - 800k executions, 1.7 million deaths in the Gulag, plus some famine and some miscellaneous brings to around 5million, some estimates upwards 20 million. Everything after that sounds like a breeze. Now for the involvement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_involvement_in_regime_c... Do I even need to bother looking how much communism had done around world?
- jiveturkey 5y ago
  often referred to as, you keep what you kill

ashwagary 5y ago

Even if he dislikes Putin, this may be a virtue signal to avoid being the target of the recent growing anti-Russian sentiment in western countries. Some muslims did similar things to avoid the racism after 9/11 and during the Iraq war.