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The Batlord · 03-08-2015, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

i dislike the homophobia as well but he's honestly just using it as a tool to harness the popular support of the ignorant masses in russia. i know that's unpleasant but its not his personal bigotry its the country as a whole and he's just tapping into it like the nazis did with anti-semitism in germany

i just admire his geopolitical swag tho i don't support homophobia and **** like that

he is certainly a cold hearted bastard

but then again so was every single ruler of russia that was ever worth mentioning

Except that his massive military buildups are bankrupting a country already about to hit an economic collapse. He may have swagger but he's about to gut his Russia's economy.

Wpnfire · 03-08-2015, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Except that his massive military buildups are bankrupting a country already about to hit an economic collapse. He may have swagger but he's about to gut his Russia's economy.

Fun fact: Russia still practiced serfdom/feudalism until the mid-1800s.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 03-08-2015, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Except that his massive military buildups are bankrupting a country already about to hit an economic collapse. He may have swagger but he's about to gut his Russia's economy.

russia has always been in a sort of tough spot because of geography. the buffer state he is trying to create is honestly perfectly logical from a russian pov. it's a scenario that repeats itself throughout history again and again

but i think he has probably brought too much hellfire down on his regime and ultimately he will likely be overthrown by some close associates who start to regard him as too much of a liability

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 03-08-2015, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

Fun fact: Russia still practiced serfdom/feudalism until the mid-1800s.

perhaps why they seem to be so partial towards autocracy?

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 03-08-2015, 11:32 PM

i honestly feel like i wish i was born in russia

and my name should have been vladimir

its funny cause thinking of the fact that both putin and dracula had the name vlad i got curious the other night and decided to look it up

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The name Vladimir is a Slavic baby name. In Slavic the meaning of the name Vladimir is: Universal ruler. People with this name are excellent at analyzing, understanding, and learning.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...=vladimir+name

f*ckin putin >>>

**Janszoon** · 03-08-2015, 11:47 PM

Just took the survey wpnfire took. I'm not surprised by the results, though I would have though "socialist" would at least be above "libertarian" if not above "democrat".

The Batlord · 03-09-2015, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

russia has always been in a sort of tough spot because of geography. the buffer state he is trying to create is honestly perfectly logical from a russian pov. it's a scenario that repeats itself throughout history again and again

but i think he has probably brought too much hellfire down on his regime and ultimately he will likely be overthrown by some close associates who start to regard him as too much of a liability

Except that their economy is seriously on the brink of collapse. Too lazy to find the links to the articles I was reading on the subject, but it basically sounds like he's about to run Russia into the ground in the next year or two.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 03-09-2015, 01:00 PM

i don't doubt it. a quick google search brings me this.

Russia's Economic Crisis Has Officially Arrived - Business Insider

but i was just saying that there is of course a historical context for all of this. putin didn't take a well functioning nation and run it into the ground. russia was already ****ed and putin was seen as the solution. and he worked for a little while. but now things are looking bleak for russia once more. these videos are worth checking out if you want to see where i'm coming from.

and these, if you want even more context

Neapolitan · 03-09-2015, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

i don't doubt it. a quick google search brings me this.

Russia's Economic Crisis Has Officially Arrived - Business Insider

but i was just saying that there is of course a historical context for all of this. putin didn't take a well functioning nation and run it into the ground. russia was already ****ed and putin was seen as the solution. and he worked for a little while. but now things are looking bleak for russia once more. these videos are worth checking out if you want to see where i'm coming from.

You come from Russia? I did not know that.

RoxyRollah · 03-09-2015, 01:05 PM

Seems legit ^.

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~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	i don't doubt it. a quick google search brings me this. Russia's Economic Crisis Has Officially Arrived - Business Insider but i was just saying that there is of course a historical context for all of this. putin didn't take a well functioning nation and run it into the ground. russia was already ****ed and putin was seen as the solution. and he worked for a little while. but now things are looking bleak for russia once more. these videos are worth checking out if you want to see where i'm coming from. and these, if you want even more context