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PuzzleheadedSnake t1_j20rffh wrote

Reply to comment by SUM_Poindexter in New sanctions starting to bite Russia’s economy as Moscow admits deficit impact by Minezenroll

They won't rebel because of economics. Those poor will try to survive, those rich will try to save whatever they have left.

If people will ever rebel, it'll happen only when FSB and Police will be underfinanced and unable to crush and control the protest anymore.

Then there will be shy protesting, and when it'll be obvious for everyone that it's safe to protest, and when the state TV will fracture and propagandists themselves will call their audiences to protest, only then millions will come to join.

But not when it's risky.

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detahramet t1_j20y7m3 wrote

CPG Grey posted a video a while back the boiled down the basics of being a ruler.

As a ruler, regardless of your country or position, you have three keys to power that exist to keep you around. Your people who collect revenue for you, your people that enforce your will domestically, and your people who enforce your will internationally. As a leader, its your job to distribute revenue to keep these keys serving you.

If any of them start to go hungry, or they think someone else will cut them a better deal, you're already dead.

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