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In reply to the discussion: This has to be soul crushing for MAGA [View all]moniss
(8,781 posts)will just scream fake news. Even if Putin ends up like Mussolini. It may well be that what is coming is an announcement from the Kremlin that Putin has resigned due to health issues etc. and some figure we don't know will emerge to be declared the leader. The Wagner thing has to be quelled, from the Kremlin perspective, because it carries the possibility to get much worse but they also don't know if Putin "leaving" will be enough to calm them down. The MAGA crowd will deny he is no longer in control etc. and cling to their delusions about the world around them. The grifters will continue to tell them that it is perfectly OK for them to believe so, that they may be on to something, they have "witnesses/whistleblowers/documents" etc. and the echo chamber goes on and on with more and more MAGA merchandise being sold and contributions to this fund or that feeding the grifters along with book deals and paid TV appearances.