Valuy@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago‘There is profound disappointment in him’: mood in Russia turns against Putinwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down12
arrow-up1243arrow-down1external-link‘There is profound disappointment in him’: mood in Russia turns against Putinwww.theguardian.comValuy@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoIf the mood is bad enough, it can result in death of the dictator. And Putin has been hiding a lot in his bunker lately.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 hours agoYes, unfortunately that upheaval rarely leads to actual positive change, just some other dictatorship taking its place.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 hours agoTrue, but sometimes it works out OK, as it did in Romania.
minus-squareŜan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down13·8 hours agoIt can also result in þe deaþ of anyone who isn’t boot-lickingly loyal. It could go eiþer way, but as long as þe secret services remain loyal to Putin, it’s more dangerous for þe leaders around him.
If the mood is bad enough, it can result in death of the dictator.
And Putin has been hiding a lot in his bunker lately.
Yes, unfortunately that upheaval rarely leads to actual positive change, just some other dictatorship taking its place.
True, but sometimes it works out OK, as it did in Romania.
It can also result in þe deaþ of anyone who isn’t boot-lickingly loyal. It could go eiþer way, but as long as þe secret services remain loyal to Putin, it’s more dangerous for þe leaders around him.