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Hot take: whether the initial invasion is successful or not this is the beginning of the end for Putin.
He takes Ukraine; he’s unable to hold it.
He doesn’t take Ukraine; he off’s himself or there is a coup
Both scenarios; the Russian population is destabilized and we see a “Russian Spring”. Remember, Putin’s first victims were the Russian people themselves who he and his oligarchs have stolen from and repressed in a dictatorship. The Russian people are tired, dead Russian conscripts are the whipped cream, and the Ruble crash that is about to happen is the cherry.
Comment by m4fox90 at 25/02/2022 at 01:09 UTC
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If only Germany had a Lenin to send them
Comment by cocaineandwaffles1 at 25/02/2022 at 00:14 UTC
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I wish I would have started reading about the Russia revolution sooner, as the book I have about it is my next one. I still have a limited understanding of why the revolution began though in 1917. The Russian citizens were starving, having to fight in a war and also be poorly equipped for that war, and just tired of decades, if not centuries, of their Czars living in luxury while they suffered beyond belief. History may not always repeat itself, but it sure as hell is starting to rhyme right now.