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[–] 1 point 10 months ago

They're kinda locked in on the "reign of terror" tech tree

The state holds the keys to power that grant it the monopoly on violence. In a democracy, those keys are pretty spread out, in an oligarchy, they're less so.

Any one of the oligarchs could take over at basically any moment, and with shit hitting the fan the way it is, Putin can't show weakness or own failure at all

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