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It’s also borderline offensive to treat Putin’s regime as anywhere near as transparent about how people from all walks of society are treated. Famous scientists
by eyelidlessness 5y ago
It’s also borderline offensive to treat Putin’s regime as anywhere near as transparent about how people from all walks of society are treated. Famous scientists and mathematicians just mysteriously fall from windows with no apparent explanation. People less famous either meet less notable ends or just aren’t there to be purged from anything worth purging in the first place.
None of which is to say Putin’s regime is anywhere near the atrocity machine that Stalin’s was. That’s an extreme that’s hard to imagine and very exclusive. But this notion that Putin’s regime isn’t committing the kinds of mass violence on Russian society because it isn’t on full display is neglecting both how his own regime has operated as well as how most did/have since the 70s-80s. They just do it with secrecy and plausible deniability.
- GoodJokes 5y ago
- eps 5y agoWhich famous mathematicians fell out of windows recently?
- atoav 5y agoJust from the top of my head I recall 3 healthcare workers (was it doctors?) that have been critical of the national Covid response who fell from windows. A diplomat in the russian embassy in Berlin. More than one journalist¹ — the only reason there might be no mathematician recently might be that the soviet union had a bigger use for methematicians. ¹: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_i...
- thriftwy 5y agoFSB generals and state-owned companies' officials do routinely fall from windows, but I'm not sure I've heard that about doctors.
- atoav 5y agoI found the source for the health care thing: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/07/852319465/three-russian-frontline-health-workers-mysteriously-fell-out-of-hospital-windows https://www.npr.org/2020/05/07/852319465/three-russian-front...
- mcv 5y agoPutin is not Stalin, but he's certainly trying to be a good imitation. He admires Stalin and it shows.