Leopards Throwing Out Of Windows Party

Not keep power, just to get it. Then they dump them once they've got it. See Giuliani, Musk, My Pillow guy, Herman Cain, etc.

I believe Putin is between a rock and a hard place and has to take risks. There could be a coup from this. Perhaps more decentralization of force as rich people look to protect their assets and hire private mercenaries or buy the loyalty of military officers.

Wealth is actually being redistributed quite a bit in Russia right now. The oligarchs are paying for the war and "the people" are getting much higher wages either in the military or because of labor shortages.

It's not great, what with all the death and destruction. But Russians gini coefficient is going down fast.

That was a fun day

I'm becoming convinced it's an actual mental disease, or at least grossly maladaptive

A billionaire cannot exist in 2 countries at the same time. It doesn't matter if his company is multinational, he isn't.

If you jail that billionaire, which is not hard as a state if said billionaire resides in your country, you can "convince" him to give even assets in foreign countries.

That's why they removed his passport.

That requires rule of law to actually work. Putin is well known to murder problematic oligarchs. Combined with some proper blackmail, that tends to work very well.

Not if its the home nation. Shell was a us company in venezuela but if the same thing happened in the US the owners would be lucky to get out of the country with what they could carry and if they worked fast enough maybe they could have a small fraction of what they used to.

I'm really excited for Zuckerfuck to get Trump'd. Unlike Musk, he'll do it in the most pathetic way... Raging like a little nerd by writing private temper tantrum emails and everyone in his circle comforts him because he pays them 7-figures.

Neither of them has the chops to pull off such an act. They're genuinely horrible idiots.

You mean covfefe?

If Trump takes Facebook from Zuck i will lmfao and simultaneously weep for humanity.

putin is a trillionaire just reclaiming his ill gotten gains from his oligarchs.

They take from the poor in Russia too though. The rich aren’t the ones being fed into the meat grinder in Ukraine.

Nah. Russia will implode itself on its own even without resistance. As if Russia never learned anything that autocratic control over economy never works, because their political culture is too corrupt to function effectively.

Francis Fukuyama, as wrong as he was about the end of history, is still correct that dictatorships eventually collapse because they surround themselves with yes men who are too detached from reality. The invasion of Ukraine is the beginning of the end for Putin. It is only a matter of time.

Our window.

Hadn't considered people born into the crosshairs like that. Cheers.

That's the scientific name, yes.

They are refering to a YouTube video I think.

Apparently the FSB is the opposite of the army since he's still in power.

They're scared they'll go down with him. But they'll finally have to accept the fact that they're fucked either way. At this point, getting rid of him is their best chance.

Yup. They're at the point where the consequences of obedience are as bad as defiance.

Best have him fall out a window and see if prospects change.

Must be nice for him to have absolute guaranteed loyalty from every human that he's required to interact with on a daily basis.

His guilded prison.

Let them fight lol, also medvedev has zero chances of becoming anything but bootlicker for his new master.

Please. There are hundreds ready to take Putins place. Some politically, but hundreds behind the scenes who also have finger puppets ready for ”power” who can step in for both Medvedev and Putin. The rest of the dog kennel (like Lavrov) will keep barking for their masters sake.

It sure sounds like you're advocating staying meek and submissive in the face of Tyranny.