(December 3, 2015 at 8:28 am)DespondentFishdeathMasochismo Wrote:Do you have any evidence of this?(December 3, 2015 at 8:23 am)Violet Wrote: Russia has always been a country ruled by tyrants. Their history is fascinatingly harsh and bloody, and Putin? He fits their culture. There's a lot more complexity behind where Russia is at right now (economically, the story is really not good)... but:
Even if Redbeard intended it as a throwaway comment... he is right. Russia deserves Putin.
And you know what's interesting...? Russia may even need him. Putin HAS done great things for Russia... But he's also failed greatly for Russia in other places... misplays following good plays.
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His being a tyrant... doesn't mean he isn't a good leader. He is a thug. He is harsh. He's hardly good for Russia's image in 'the West'... but he has to be, he has to be, and doesn't have to be.
He's a fucking psychopath...
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you


