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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by ajb on Saturday February 26, 2022 @06:39PM (#30483301)
Unfortunately ability to start in power isn't all that linked to delivering good results to the public. There are examples where a dictator stayed in power for a long time after crashing the economy. Mugabe, for instance.
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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by jamiek88 on Saturday February 26, 2022 @06:57PM (#30483473)
He has to keep his fellow oligarchs happy not joe public.
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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by LadyCailin on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:02PM (#30483542)
I definitely am not an authority here, but I can’t imagine a top 10 GDPPPP country is particularly comparable to Zimbabwe.
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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by from on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:45PM (#30483997)
Erdogan is probably a better analogy but we'll see how long that lasts.
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