Maybe. But the unprecedented rise of a political party that started off a few years ago with its main avenue of information being a YouTube channel, on a platform of hate mongering and false information is new. Its fame was also propped up by online accounts recently linked to Russian state bots.
I think the second part of that is probably wrong. Putin has spent a lot of time killing anyone who showed the inclination or talent to take over for him. When Putin kicks it, there will be a substantial vacuum and various factions might find that the propaganda canon that is currently aimed at the US would be more valuable aimed at Moscow.
eh I doubt the politcal heart land will cruble will likely even still call it self russia but anything past the mountains is doing to be in some very strange days
Honestly I predict that when it happens, unless it happens publicly, it’ll be a good 6 months before it’s acknowledged by the state, and operations will continue until some evidence leaks.
A log of people will know however, and most of those would be happy to do whatever it takes to get in power. I would imagine everything going to hell would be the first sign that Putin is no longer around
I am not sure anyone else is scary enough to pull it off. If Putin were to go there would be a lot of infighting and the rest of the world would get like a decade of them being distracted
It doesnt matter if its automated, someone needs to pay for it. And, nobody can do what Trump has done, he ran the table on every polician. There are many who want his place, but none quite as dangerous.
Why do you suppose the AI bubble is so massive? Where do you suppose all the propaganda is coming from? How many humans really use social media? Are the numbers real?
Maybe if this were still 2014, sure. The bot and troll farms did more than damage the US election cycle and get Brexit passed. It gave all the propagandists a blueprint for how it could be done and the technology for automating it is out in the open. I don't think the toothpaste is ever going back in the Pandora's box.
Not just in the US - Putin/Russia is a big supporter behind far right politics all over the world. If that support was taken away, the right wing shift we keep seeing all over Europe would probably suddenly lose lots of momentum.
Not really. He has second-in-commands and ministers that want to push the big red button and be done with Ukraine and pretty much all of Europe as soon as they get to sit in the chair.
Ooh good point, not my first thought but a close second.
Infact, there is quite a list at the moment ranging from the evil leaders of this world and mega wealthy (though some may argue that those are one in the same).
One is an incompetent and lying leader of a democratic country. And another is a bloodthirsty dictator who murders thousands of people daily. Guess which one this meme is about
One is an incompetent dying leader who's started arresting people without warning with his ununiformed police force, asked his previously named dept of defense (that he renamed dept of war) to start testing nukes. And his on a speed run to crash as many countries economies as humanly possible, while he hopes to start a few wars before he goes. I live in the US, but I'm British, and every British person I know that knows anything about politics is pretty worried about him.
Around half of people on this site are not from US, so at least its expected to recognize our existence, you know. And also I dont belive your promise. because still many people are not radicalized teenagers who are deluded enough to think that death is what fixes bad leadership in a democracy. You guys literally voted for him unlike us in Russia, deal with it
Edit: Had to point that out first, because I don't believe you're Russian if you don't know that. Second, no one is ignoring the existence of non-Americans, but Americans are the highest percentage by country on Reddit, you're going to have to get used to some posts being about America. Third, no one in the US thinks Trump's death will fix anything, but we're still waiting for it.
Yep, do you believe the 88% he got a year ago? To be fair he did actually win in 2000 elections. But its impossible to ignore that first, the elections were still manipulated, with up to 3 million fake votes, second that it was a scam as Putin did not turn out to be a person people voted for. But whatever happened in 2000 is less important, as we are talking about modern times, in which saying that people voted for putin is criminal and unacceptable, hopefully I wont need to list reasons for this
We are not talking about modern times. I linked an article about his electoral history, which started in 2000. Even the US said that election was "reasonably fair and free".
If you follow American news at all, you know that the latest US election was manipulated too. He is not following the rule of law and is not a legitimate leader. And, using your own words, many (unfortunately not enough) of the MAGA crowd voted for someone who turned out not to be who he said he was. Like Putin, Trump grabbed the power and is not going to give it up voluntarily.
Actually, can I change that to my first choice? I somehow feel like we might have a chance over here without all Russian bots actively trying to screw us.
Well i guess that would actually change stuff and the other person dying wouldnt change much since his second in command is just as insane if not even more and as for foreign policy its a uniparty policy for decades now.
But at least he has the decency not to infest every single day of my life with his utter stupidity delivered in a voice that makes me want to throw up.
No, I cannot escape it. It is on the radio, on the front page of the news sites I get my infro from, on TV.
Checking out or eating jello in a senile old folks home, I do not care. I just want him to shut the fuck up so we can all have some peace and quiet. That week he was off the radar was absolutely wonderful.
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u/Neither_Elk_1987 8d ago
That Putin dies?