Quote:
Originally Posted by FlameOn
Unless Putin was in a weaker position domestically than he was letting on at home and now is going to use to the war as an excuse to round up and purge remaining dissenting opposition elements.
Revolutions usually coalesce around existing politic leaders and elements. I'd expect any Navalny sympathizers to get rounded up and arrested shortly. After that, who do anti-Putin Russians rally around? Then maybe further Russian constitutional and government restructuring.
|
He didn't need a war, let alone such a major one to purge. He's been doing it for years without any wars. The reason why Russians were fine with having no politics was because of a fairly good life they had. Now we are afraid he's
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Ahab who is pursuing his own mad goals, which are not at all aligned with goals of people. Putin no longer provides any predictability and quality of life is likely to go down as well. Not to mention our sons dying. Bombing Kyiv is beyond comprehension. It's like if UK would bomb Dublin.