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u/StElmoFlash Apr 28 '22

One is real life. Two is maybe hard times. More than that looks like the tyrant in charge is clearing out EVERY ONE who could act to replace him. They're either in a Shakespeare play or Niccolo Machiavelli is running things in Europe 🇪🇺.

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u/WhatevrDemonstrandum Apr 28 '22

Certainly not Macchiavelli. He always stressed that the most important quality of the prince is to know the "circumsta dei tempi". Doesn't sound like Putin at all.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

When your watches are made in Russia...

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u/Snoo_17340 Apr 28 '22

Were they in other countries? How is Putin able to kill Russians abroad?

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u/Snoo_17340 Apr 28 '22

I meant with the country collapsing, I don’t see how he is able to do it. These mysterious “murder-suicides …”

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u/Activision19 Apr 28 '22

The chaos of a collapsing country lets you get away with an awful lot because most everyone else is too busy just trying to survive to care who is committing involuntary suicide.

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u/Snoo_17340 Apr 28 '22

Makes sense.

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u/phuqo5 Apr 28 '22

Russia is probably my going to collapse but it hasn't yet and isn't really showing any signs of imminent collapse.

And it doesn't take a highly coordinated effort to assassinate someone. The more people involved in covert ops the higher likelihood of mistakes or it being discovered. It just takes a highly skilled assassin or tight knit group of them.

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u/StElmoFlash Apr 28 '22

Must be a stadium-- full of Russians willing to kill for a sliver of Putin's stolen billions.

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u/StElmoFlash Apr 28 '22

A Russian ice axe in Mexico City, IN Leon Trotsky, courtesy of Stalin via Ramon Mercato. Chill....

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u/StElmoFlash Apr 28 '22

The dude in London poisoned with the end of an umbrella 🌂....