SwedishAdvocate
Active Member
No doubt, but if historical monarchies are anything to go by, this sort of behavior has unwanted side-effects. And Putin is nominally an elected dictator. I'm curious what his 'electorate' makes of his KGB persona. MRGA in action, or a Rasputin/Stalin rose from the dead ?
Historical monarchies didn't have the 'surveillance machine' that modern technology enables. They also didn't have the 'dissent suppression abilities' that modern technology enables. But hopefully this war will create enough dissent inside of Russia. Enough so that even this Russian regime won't be able to remain in power.