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        Yeeaaaahhh, about that

        What so you think will happen when Putin dies? You don’t believe the answer to be “democracy, freedom and happiness”, right? There will be a power vacuum, there will be infighting, who knows, maybe even a small civil war to figure out who’s next, but whoever it will be, it will be bad and possibly worse than Putin. At least Putin wasn’t suicidal, I’ve seen possible candidates who will happily nuke the US and Russia into oblivion just for shits 'n giggles, shall we say.

        What do you think will happen when cheeto explodes in a fat explosion? I guarantee you that Musk will try shit, his son’s will try shit, possibly, hopefully killing eachother in the process, a bunch of other retards like hegseth or that blonde-whats-her-name idiot from Kansas, I believe… Vance obviously will try to usurp power, and they’ll all final because they’re just really really db people, but I guarantee you this: no one will actually be working on US democracy.

        So those two dead will make the world a little better because two shit stains will have been removed from the gene pool but the world in general might dive into a shitshow

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          If there is balkanization, good. If there is civil war, good. They wanna kill, let them kill eachother instead of others. Russians finally pull their heads out of their asses and become a true democracy and join eu? The best possible outcome.

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          Nah you’re seeing this a little pessimistic. It’s clear to anyone that there will be political in fighting in such a case, but claiming and retaining power is not easy, especially under the conditions that Russia is in right now. Different interests will need to compete for political power, and the resulting government will surely not align with the West’s vision of democratic rule. However, these are the moments of opportunity for the people. Nobody in the country comes even close to Putins cult status. Anything can happen.

          Wouldn’t it be funny if make that 180° towards democracy like the US did towards fascism? :)

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            pessimistic

            Have you seen anything of Russian history? If I had to summarize all of Russian history in one word, pessimistic would be it

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            We’re in bizaro world. So wouldnt suprise me a bit if russia becomes the pinnacle of democracy and leader of the free world after the US falls apart from the seams.

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          I don’t think there would be much of a power vacuum at all. Putin is hardly the head of the organizing that is all in the Kremlin. He’s more puppet than leader. His death is probably already accounted for.

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      Putin getting intense radiation poisoning and spending a few weeks literally disintegrating while being kept alive in a hospital wouldn’t be great. But it would be very close.

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        Thanks.

        The Irish Mirror does describe this as a rumour. The rumours about health issues are all over the place: thyroid cancer, Parkinson’s disease, incontinence, cardiac arrest…

        I don’t wish him well, but either it’s a bunch of random rumours, or he’s very seriously I’ll.

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    Who is the doctor that resuscitated pootin?? Dude, first order of medicine is “do no harm.” Reviving a bloodthirsty despot is 100% fucking harm.

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      I understand the sentiment behind this, but FTR, the Hippocratic Oath is specifically towards patients: to treat them equally with the sole goal of improving their condition(s).

      Hating on one particular doctor fulfilling their oath is misguided unless you want proving you’re worthy of treatment before any doctor will help you to become the norm.

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        The hippocratic oath is mostly about paying the living expenses of your teacher and their family and only teaching medicine to their sons, your own sons, and the slaves of both houses.

        The prohibition on poisoning only applies when ordered to do so by someone else. But it does prohibit surgery and abortions.

        It does require medical privacy, which is about the only good thing about it.

        Additionally, the famous “First, do no harm” it’s most known for isn’t actually part of the oath.

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    Yeah, but who hasn’t placed too much trust in a fart before? It’s easily done.

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    Where is this coming from? I hope its true and that he is already dead, but I cant see reputable sources talking about this or Zelensky’s comments on his health.

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    Ah, good ole mortality. Death is promise for everyone, Putin. Hopefully Trump gets humbled by death’s visit as well.

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    Easy fix with “methylene blue!”. Please go Google that up. It cures everything! Plus it makes your poop blue. Or maybe it only makes your poop blue and gives you diarrhea. One of the two.

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        Lot of pure white fabric there. Would be a shame if it got brown…

        Oh god. There’s already a drink called “green russian”. Theres going to be a “brown russian” now too, isn’t there?

        I am NOT drinking that!

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          You didn’t understand. They are performing a dance from The Nutcracker. In Russia they always show The Nutcracker in state tv when they prepare the announcement of something major - like the death of the current president.

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            In Russia they always show The Nutcracker in state tv when they prepare the announcement of something major - like the death of the current president.

            You’re right. I didn’t understand that part when I commented. What an odd tradition.

            “Hey, the dictator just died. Better show some ballet to soften the blow.”

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              If you’re as concerned with information control as the Soviets were/are, it makes a lot of sense.

              Comrade leader just shat himself to death, or most of the Navy top leadership just died in a single plane crash, or we just blew a nuclear reactor wide open, and it’s time to tell the entire country the bad news.

              • We need some time to come up with and distribute whatever we’re going to tell people
              • We can’t have some peon at some TV station mention a simple fact that will contradict the official truth
              • We can’t allow rumors to spread
              • We can’t just shut down the transmitters because people will assume the worst.
              • We probably shouldn’t broadcast light entertainment or comedy, that feels tasteless.
              • Propaganda reels often have imagery of armies and violence in them, probably don’t want those ideas in people’s heads right now.
              • In fact, let’s make sure whatever we broadcast is extremely obviously not news. Something like a symphony or opera.
              • We do want to play up the nationalist angle, so let’s go with something domestic in origin. So no Mozart or Bach or anything from Western Europe.
              • How about Tchaikovsky? The Nutcracker suite. Runs for about two hours.

              Makes perfect sense the first time. Peak Russia is doing that exact same thing often enough for the people to catch on. “Oh shit the Nutcracker’s on every station, something terrible happened somewhere.”

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              If I read that this particular dickhead shit himself and died, I’d be dancing too!

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          Brown Russian is just White Russian without the cream, so kahlua with vodka. Both are great.