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I think it's more likely that he retires to the country. Precedent matters if you may be on the other end of it in months/years. Also retirement to the countr
by sgt101 4y ago
I think it's more likely that he retires to the country.
Precedent matters if you may be on the other end of it in months/years.
Also retirement to the country is not forever, which again is useful in political struggles to come.
- Beltiras 4y agoThis is exactly why dictators never retire. They would always be a thorn in the new rulers side.
- ck45 4y agoThey do retire, but in exile From https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/688225 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/688225 > Exile has been the second most common fate for dictators who lost office since World War II See https://www.upf.edu/documents/2873379/2873034/Dictator_JOP_OnlineAppendix.pdf/c85a98c1-df8f-4735-9695-2adf44ff596a https://www.upf.edu/documents/2873379/2873034/Dictator_JOP_O... for a list of dictators and their destinations from 1946 to 2012
- sgt101 4y agoI was thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev#Life_in_retirement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev#Life_in_reti...
- EdwardDiego 4y agoOften it's because the constitution of their country states that a sitting President can't be brought up on charges - Mugabe is a very obvious example. But don't worry, Yeltsin had Putin's back... > President of Russia, ceased to carry out its mandate, has immunity. They can not be held criminally or administratively liable for acts committed by them during the execution of the President's powers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Russia
- dsq 4y agoHistory teaches that very rarely do dictators survive a fall. Putin is likely to face the firing squad. No successor could take the chance of leaving him alive.