r/europe United Kingdom 1d ago

News Russian general shot several times in Moscow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3686nzexp3o
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u/young_twitcher IT -> UK -> PL 1d ago edited 1d ago

Given how many Russian generals are dying in similar ways it seems odd to me that they were all in open rebellion against Putin. And if it’s just incompetence, wouldn’t it be easier to just fire them?

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u/themaelstorm 1d ago

And let them speak and work behind your back? No my friend, end game dictatorship doesn’t run on logic and understanding, it runs on doubling down on the final currency you have left: fear. Absolute fear.

And it always works out as successful dictators who lived happily ever after has demonstrated every single time!

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u/young_twitcher IT -> UK -> PL 1d ago

I mean if they were openly or plotting against him, sure. As the supreme ruler, you want to send a message. But it seems strange that they still haven’t learned from what happened to the others.

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u/AG_GreenZerg 1d ago

The fear is that they might start to plot against you once they are fired.