@epicRedHot1 Oh yeah I can see in the age of rapid deployment and digital state surveillance there being a counter government formed that’s able to raise and train regiments.
Again. You’re not seeing Putin go unless he loses support of the army; as the Tsar did.
@epicRedHot1 😭 believe it or not war has come a very long was in the past 100 years and you cans just storm the armoury. Also the Soviets formed a rival government and raised a proper standing army. Did you think it was the common man taking up pitchforks and marching on the winter palace?
@epicRedHot1 Only way Putin loses power is if he loses control of either the army and or security services. Russia isn’t a fledgling democracy like Ukraine, it’s an authoritarian state where all levels of power have been centralised around Putin and his party.
@epicRedHot1 😂 “I mean we were brutally repressed by the army, but at least we won the moral argument.” Fuck off.
If you have to get shot at or thrown in prison most people want to know they actually have a real chance of succeeding? No point throwing your life away for a futile cause.
@epicRedHot1 Because to me, that’s like saying “Bro why didn’t the Iraqi people just protest and topple Saddam’s government? I mean it worked in Ukraine.”
@epicRedHot1 I’ll ask again.
Do you think practical conditions with Putin in his established dictatorship and mobilised army are the same as with Viktor Yanukovych and his cabinet? Do you think Putin would allow a protest gain enough momentum to threaten his power?
@itsmedanielfc Probably prison. Can’t think of a country that isn’t strict on tax evasion. Still not something I’d like to go through if I can avoid it, and certainly not something I’d do to make the sensibilities of others feel validated.
@epicRedHot1@_Cambria_Light_@mmelkom Because I honestly don’t see some Euromaidan toppling of the government happening. I see another Tiananmen Square.
@epicRedHot1@_Cambria_Light_@mmelkom Do you think practical conditions with Putin in his established dictatorship and mobilised army are the same as with Viktor Yanukovych and his cabinet?
@epicRedHot1@_Cambria_Light_@mmelkom I don’t blame people choosing self preservation over being the hero, especially in a country as brutal as Russia where political dissidents tend to disappear.