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Hitler's army was a lot better than Russia's, but Russia has nukes. Imagine if hitler had nukes... he was already trying to destroy germany in a blaze of glory
by gentleman11 5y ago
Hitler's army was a lot better than Russia's, but Russia has nukes. Imagine if hitler had nukes... he was already trying to destroy germany in a blaze of glory in the final days. Putin needs a way to back down and save at least some face so he doesn't go crazy.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Putin needs a way to back down and save at least some face so he doesn't go crazy. I think this neglects that: (1) Putin has painted himself into a corner from which there is no way to back down and save face, period. (2) The most likely reason for this is that his entire regime is dysfunctional because he has already gone crazy, specifically in a way repeatedly seen in authoritarian rulers where paranoia over disloyalty results in punishing unwelcome news harshly as disloyalty, punishing welcome news that turns out to be inaccurate later harshly as disloyalty, punishing excessive visible success which leads to others achieving a personal following as disloyalty, an punishing failure as disloyalty.
- jansen555 5y ago
- rad_gruchalski 5y ago> Putin needs a way to back down and save at least some face so he doesn't go crazy. That ship has sailed. He was given multiple opportunities and picked up none.