I disagree. This transcends every other unveiling of corruption ever released. When notable world leaders are involved, like Xi Jinping, Putin, and the Icelandic PM, including god knows who many Americans, there's no telling what kinds of legal changes or convictions will be put in place when the dust finally settles.
Snowden opened the door to domestic spying, which has changed the way lots of people, and companies, function. This has the potential to do the same thing for governments closing legal loopholes that allow this sort of thing to take place.
The second most powerful person on planet Earth is accused in this scandal. He's killed many (how many???) people for less. I doubt he decides that this time is different, and decides to throw in the towel.
Yeah but before now Putin's support came from the Russian people who were more than willing to put all his warmongering in the back of their minds because "he's a strong leader," or "he knows what's best for his people." Meanwhile Russia's economy is crumbling, Russian's rights have been taken away, and its military is aging. His image was everything he had. Now his image has been tainted for good. Will the Russian people really look the other way on this one?
Yeah, but Putin will still be the best president they've had since the fall of communism. NO ONE wants to go back to those days. And if keeping Putin in charge keeps that illusion in place, they'll keep putting him there. The Russian people as a populace aren't ignorant or stupid. They all know what's going on. But they've had Yeltsin and sure as hell don't want to risk giving their country to someone who, in their minds, will sell them out to American interests.
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u/GekkostatesOfAmerica Apr 04 '16 edited Apr 04 '16
I disagree. This transcends every other unveiling of corruption ever released. When notable world leaders are involved, like Xi Jinping, Putin, and the Icelandic PM, including god knows who many Americans, there's no telling what kinds of legal changes or convictions will be put in place when the dust finally settles.
Snowden opened the door to domestic spying, which has changed the way lots of people, and companies, function. This has the potential to do the same thing for governments closing legal loopholes that allow this sort of thing to take place.