Re:What Is at Stake in Ukraine
by denton-scratch on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:17PM
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> Because only a psychopath kills or poisons political opposition.
Poisoning opponents is actually customary in Russian politics. This isn't one man's psychiatric condition; it was Soviet policy. Stalin created units dedicated to the practice.
Rasputin apparently survived a cyanide attempt.
Ivan The Terrible poisoned three of his wives to death.
Putin is an admirer of Russian customs; it's not surprising that he favours poison.
It's easy for a layman to bandy-around terms like "psychopath". He may be a psychopath, for all I know; but I think it's much more likely that he's just a boring bureaucrat, promoted far beyond his abilities, and obsessed with a perverse view of Russian imperial history.
Poisoning opponents is actually customary in Russian politics. This isn't one man's psychiatric condition; it was Soviet policy. Stalin created units dedicated to the practice.
Rasputin apparently survived a cyanide attempt.
Ivan The Terrible poisoned three of his wives to death.
Putin is an admirer of Russian customs; it's not surprising that he favours poison.
It's easy for a layman to bandy-around terms like "psychopath". He may be a psychopath, for all I know; but I think it's much more likely that he's just a boring bureaucrat, promoted far beyond his abilities, and obsessed with a perverse view of Russian imperial history.