General Russia Ukraine round 2 Price hike boogaloo

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La Paix

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Splinty said:
Just to make sure I'm clear on this, he's basically framing anybody that is opposed to him as being mentally Western in hopes of self-enrichment with things like condos in Miami. Those against him are thus anti-Russian and need to be purged. Anybody left is true Russian. And such a purge is good for Russian society.

Do I have that correct?
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I think so.
 
Sheepdog

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Splinty said:
Just to make sure I'm clear on this, he's basically framing anybody that is opposed to him as being mentally Western in hopes of self-enrichment with things like condos in Miami. Those against him are thus anti-Russian and need to be purged. Anybody left is true Russian. And such a purge is good for Russian society.

Do I have that correct?
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Basically a Russian version of 'coastal elites' and his way of telling a certain class of oligarch that if they try to take him out, he'll feed them to the poors.

This is sort of a mix between fascist and communist rhetoric, which is weird but also makes sense in the Russian context.
 
Sheepdog

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Lars said:
That’s more Stalin style

great purge 2.0
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Yes and no.

But it's interesting that old Uncle Joe - a Georgian - had to modify Bolshevik rhetoric and embrace Russian nationalism during one war, while Putin has to modify his Russian nationalist rhetoric to make it more Bolshy during another.
 
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Sheepdog said:
Yes and no.

But it's interesting that old Uncle Joe - a Georgian - had to modify Bolshevik rhetoric and embrace Russian nationalism during one war, while Putin has to modify his Russian nationalist rhetoric to make it more Bolshy during another.
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No and yes, my friend.
 
Zeph

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Splinty said:
Just to make sure I'm clear on this, he's basically framing anybody that is opposed to him as being mentally Western in hopes of self-enrichment with things like condos in Miami. Those against him are thus anti-Russian and need to be purged. Anybody left is true Russian. And such a purge is good for Russian society.

Do I have that correct?
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That's classic fascism creating an other to rally against to deflect from the real issue - which is the war isn't going to plan, because the guys who wrote it were so scared to tell Putin the truth that it was built on a foundation of lies.
 
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Sheepdog said:
and his way of telling a certain class of oligarch that if they try to take him out, he'll feed them to the poors.
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All right, that makes a lot more sense. I kept thinking that but wasn't sure if I was understanding who the threat was against.
 
Zeph

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Sheepdog said:
Basically a Russian version of 'coastal elites' and his way of telling a certain class of oligarch that if they try to take him out, he'll feed them to the poors.

This is sort of a mix between fascist and communist rhetoric, which is weird but also makes sense in the Russian context.
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Fascism is different country to country because it is opportunistic and draws inspiration from a national myth of the past. It makes sense for Russian fascism to draw inspiration from their communist past.
 
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