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Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by noosphr on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @04:51AM (#47776397)
Putin is a Russian moderate. Anyone who pays attention to Russian politics prays for his good health and long life.
Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by pjc50 on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @05:04AM (#47776493)
Difficult to imagine a less moderate policy than starting a war which gets hundreds of thousands of Russians killed. Starting a nuclear war?
Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by noosphr on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @07:38AM (#47777719)
Well for starters he might try and conquer Greenland.
Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by konart on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @05:29AM (#47776710)
Losing hundreds of thousands in war vs hundreds of thousands (or more) in labour camps.

Putting a bullet in your skull for accessing a blocked internet resource vs just blocking the resource or paying a fine.

Honestly I can name many things that can be different.

Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by RobotToaster on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @07:18AM (#47777551)
The main opposition party in Russia is the Communist party. Their leader was one of the first to call for a general mobilisation.
Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by mothballed on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @05:24AM (#47776668)
The nuclear war is the immoderate Russians.
Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by elzbardico on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @02:59PM (#47783612)
Except for the fact that the US started this war with the 2014 coup and the progressive arming of Ukraine.
Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by sinfulprogeny on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @05:01AM (#47776471)
Where can I learn more?
Re:Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a ... by konart on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @06:03AM (#47776945)
Nothing to learn about, really.

We've got army block, FSB block, technocrats, bureaucrats and oligarchs. The usual (more or less) story.

The real problem is - we don't have system that scales horizontally. So when Putin goes people will have to deal with the vertical system he created for himself.

The problem here is this "for himself" part.

For this system to work you will have to be a new Putin (at least for some time) and for this you will have to enforce your decisions and shape your new system. Top to bottom.

Best thing that can happen to Russian (realistically) is that the power will be given to technocrats.

They are not neccesarily more liberal, but they have real education, they do understand a thing or to about economics, open borders, sharing of knowledge etc.

They won't be able to quickly change Russia, but given some time they can reshape it step by step.

Alas - we have FSB and Army blocks, high level of corruption and millions of people who see people like Putin as the best choice. They don't need progress and responsibility. They need their empire back even if they are just peasants with serfdom included.