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Fall of the Soviet Union wasn't that long ago... They didn't kill them that time and it was more peaceful but they did replace them.
by Mikeb85 5y ago
Fall of the Soviet Union wasn't that long ago... They didn't kill them that time and it was more peaceful but they did replace them.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoFall of the Soviet Union was mostly an internal coup supported by the street rather than a popular uprising.
- Mikeb85 5y agoIt's still "Russians knocking off their leadership". People aren't expecting Russians on the street to get rid of Putin. They're expecting that it will cause pressure on other Russian leaders to side with Russians and the West over Putin...
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoThere are no 'other russian leaders'. Putin's political theater before the war was clearly aimed to make any russian official of note into an accomplice, publicly supporting the invasion. They have all made their bones and are all sanctioned by the EU and world countries now. So this course of events is highly unlikely.
- ceejayoz 5y agoPart of the risk of being a strongman-style leader is there's always someone waiting in the wings, and they don't have to have been previously prominent. "Why are coups always led by colonels?" https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/02/22/why-are-coups-always-led-by-colonels/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/02/22/why-are-coups-always-le...
- Mikeb85 5y agoThere always is someone willing to cut a deal to save themselves... And the west will facilitate it.