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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts) Fri Feb 25, 2022, 08:33 PM Feb 2022

Anti-War Protests In Russia Test Putin's Dictator Privilege

Rachel Maddow points out that while Vladimir Putin may think that as a dictator he can ignore the Russian people's unhappiness, 1,745 arrests in 54 different Russian cities of protesters against his war on Ukraine suggest he may not enjoy that luxury indefinitely.

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Anti-War Protests In Russia Test Putin's Dictator Privilege (Original Post) L. Coyote Feb 2022 OP

The tsar thought he could ignore the people too dflprincess Feb 2022 #1

Hitler and Putin, victims of their own hubris. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #2

dflprincess

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1. The tsar thought he could ignore the people too

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Fri Feb 25, 2022, 08:38 PM

Feb 2022

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It did not end well for him.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

2. Hitler and Putin, victims of their own hubris.

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 25, 2022, 08:47 PM

Feb 2022

It was easier to be an evil national leader generations ago. Today the world is too connected to get away with it for long. Putin epitomizes why power must not reside in one crazy individual. There should be a war crimes tribunal ASAP, convict him in abstentia. Don't allow him to leave Russia ever again. Make sure the Russian people understand who rules them, a mafioso criminal.

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