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Ah yes, the return of the good old Soviet methods. The positive side of this is that it's a strong indicator of the ruling dictator slipping into distrust fuel
by bitcharmer 5y ago
Ah yes, the return of the good old Soviet methods.
The positive side of this is that it's a strong indicator of the ruling dictator slipping into distrust fueled paranoia. One of the first steps towards the downfall.
- walrus01 5y agoOne of the first steps towards what could be an eventual civil war and Putin ending up like Ceaucescu or Mussolini, if things go very badly for them in Ukraine and economically.
- claaams 5y agoThe way things seem, their stock market isn't going to be reopening anytime soon. So I'd say economically things are going very badly already.
- Bombthecat 5y agoOr they go full dictatorship. I would say, this looks like the likely path..
- bergie 5y agoDidn’t that happen in the early 2000s?
- hprotagonist 5y agothe negative side is that's two fewer people who can easily do a coup right this instant.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoIt could also be a sign to others that there’s not much time left.
- hprotagonist 5y agoright; it also kind of screams desperation and paranoia. If you have to tell people how strong you are by show of force, maybe they're going to see through your ruse ...
- drdaeman 5y agoThis downfall is cyclic. Let me translate you some old but still delicious Russian copypasta: "As soon as Lenin died, it turned out that the second person in the Party, comrade Trotsky, was a traitor. Kamenev, Zinoviev, Bukharin and Stalin overthrew Trotsky and banished him from the USSR. After a couple of years it turned out that Kamenev, Zinoviev and Bukharin were also enemies and traitors. Valorous comrade Heinrich Yagoda shot them. A little later Yezhov shot Yagoda as an enemy agent. But after a couple of years it turned out that Yezhov was not a comrade, but simply a traitor and enemy agent. And Yezhov shot Beria. After Stalin's death, everyone realized that Beria was also a traitor. So Zhukov overthrew and shot Beria. Soon, Khrushchev learned that Zhukov was an enemy and a conspirator. And exiled Zhukov to the Urals. A little later, it was revealed that Stalin was an enemy, a saboteur and a traitor. And with him, and most of the Politburo. Then Stalin was taken out of the Mausoleum, and the Politburo with Shepilov, who joined them, were disbanded by honest party members led by Khrushchev. Several years passed and it turned out that Khrushchev was a voluntarist, a rogue, an venturer and a traitor. Brezhnev made Khrushchev retire. Soon Brezhnev died, and it turned out that he was a senile, a saboteur and caused the Stagnation. Then there were two more seniles which no one remembered because they died like flies. Young, energetic Gorbachev came to power. And it turned out that the whole Party was a party of saboteurs and enemies, but he would fix everything now. This is where the USSR collapsed. And Gorbachev turned out to be an enemy and a traitor."