What if Russia's Army Fails in Ukraine?

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[–]Site_sux[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not really, no. Maybe it's happened in the past. But not on a macro scale. To suggest that someone is pulling Putin's strings is ridiculous. He had a woman strangled on his birthday just because she wrote bad things about him. He used nerve gas and radiation poison on nobodies just to make a point to his underlings. This is not a man who has a boss or would take instruction from someone.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

My interpretation of globalists is not puppeteers pulling strings but advisors whisperimg in ears. The way Charlie schwab bragged about infiltrating many governments with thier "young global leaders".

Is it not normal for governments to be run by people who betray thier country for thier own financial gain?

[–]Site_sux[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Sorry I have no idea what you're talking about.

It says there on his wiki page that Charles Schwab paid for trump's legal defence during the special council investigation on Russia so it's quite possible he's wrapped up in this somehow, but the notion that a US equities trader is the power behind Putin - the richest and probably most powerful individual in the world - it's ludicrous.

Is it not normal for governments to be run by people who betray thier country for thier own financial gain?

Yes, in corrupt countries, but I'd argue that the embezzlers don't consider what they're doing a betrayal. If you want to know how normal this is, you can look at a ranking of data collected on this topic.

https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021

I think you're probably onto the fifties in that list before you find somewhere "normal for governments to be run by people who betray thier country for thier own financial gain" but even there the normality may vary

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you want to know how normal this is, you can look at a ranking of data collected on this topic.

That is data on the perception of corruption which had everything to do with what the media says and nothing to do with how much corruption there actually is. There is no real data there about actual corruption. One only needs to look at what has been done to Assange to see what happens to those who reveal real corruption.