I was wondering before if this whole “special operation” is a 1961 thing? Remember der Berlin Wall? The local communists had no compelling story to offer to the

I was wondering before if this whole “special operation” is a 1961 thing? Remember der Berlin Wall? The local communists had no compelling story to offer to their population so especiallz the young and well educated voted with their feet and migrated westwards. Essentially leaving the German Democratic Republic with few options, the one they took was basically imprisonment of the remaining population, to prevent any further brain-drain. Is this whole shit we have witnessed over the last days Putins realization that he has nothing of value to offer to the population? And that he therefore cannot allow a culturally well connected big western style democracy at his side? With all the connections between Russia and Ukrain, this would be like a massive advertisement what Russians are missing out. Food for thought.