steph
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Or he goes full Saburo Arasaka and downloads his 'engram' into a clone/offspirng . Wouldn't 'immortal dictator' be a nice hallmark for the 21st century? It's bad enough when they die. Though I wouldn't worry too much about that. Either Lavrov , Medvedev, or some other Lubyanka dude , maybe an oligarch, would pick up the 'torch' .Guys like these sort of start crawling out of the the woodwork whenever democratic safeguards don't exist.I don't know. I think its opposite. We used overestimate Putin as great statesment and good strategian. But in reality, he stands for stagnation in Russia, a slow creeping decay in an advancing world. He has maneuvered Russia into a situation, in which he does not even have a successor for him. It can't be Putin-Medvedev-Putin-Medvedev until the universe freezes over.
And yes, the real tragedy is how much Russia misses out by getting trapped under another dictatorship. Imagine how amazing it would be if it were a normal democratic country. Perhaps denuclearization would be off the table, but otherwise...normal relationships with neighbours, maybe even a 'normal' alliance with the EU or even inclusion. It would be a win-win for everyone except the schmucls that hold the power nowadays