Unpopular opinion: We should offer all dictators and their friends a safe retirement package.
Cornered dictators are dangerous. They will always keep escalating because the alternative isn’t just their neck on the block, it’s all of their friends and family too.
I don’t think most of them would do it if they had to give up their power and wealth.
I absolutely agree. What good is retribution, in the face of all the untold future injustices and suffering that could be prevented by allowing dictators and their ilk to simply… stop being dictators?
At the end of the day, “just desserts” really aren’t all that they’re cracked up to be. Tasty as they may be, they are just desserts. Have a strudel or a pudding instead.
Agree. We all hate Putin, but he is the only person with the power to stop the war.
I don’t know man, this sounds good at first but think of how many thousands of lives would be saved if we let a handful of evil people go unpunished.
The most probable “punishment” that Putin is going to get at this rate is dying while sleeping without any pain.
tried that with Napoleon - didnt stick
he was exiled. not exactly chopped.
Yes but that was supposed to be the magnanimous and merciful “safe retirement package” as an alternative to certain death at the hands of an executioner. Exile wasn’t a death sentence. Life definitely wouldn’t have been easy, but he had servants who joined him in exile to help keep him alive and happy.
Instead, he found a way back to France and the first army that arrived to intercept him immediately put themselves under his command again. That’s the danger of allowing warmongering dictators to have their cushy exit strategy - they may not see it as a way out of ultimate punishment, but as a reset button.
I’m less worried about that in this case. Napoleon was one of the greatest generals in human history, he was inspiring. Putin has been failing to conquer the poorest country in Europe for over four years.
Holy whoosh batman.
Gotta chat with air traffic controllers for how much airspace there is between you and this comment chain.
One source said Putin believes ending the war without capturing at least all of the Donbas could threaten his survival.
Even if all of Donbas is captured, he had relegated all of Russia into irrelevance for generations to come. Russia will become a vassal to China. The future Russians will despise him for it. Putin may not personally care what people think of him, but he certainly cares what will happen to Russia’s prestige.
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Can we chip in to buy the rope
There’s United24 for that, I think
(I am not a financial or geopolitical advisor, make sure to double-check before donating)
I don’t like Putin.
They will hang me
As they ought to
I’m sure the Kyiv Post is a very reliable source of objective reporting on this matter.
where men have allegedly been detained on the streets and forcibly sent to fight in Ukraine
Huh, where else have I seen that?
Is there a volunteer list of hangmen? I’d like to sign up.
I am fairly certain the line would be ridiculously long. Maybe they can implement a lottery system and use the proceeds to rebuild some of the economy?
Hanging would be way too a light sentence for all the Ukrainian war crimes…
It’s not “the west” who is going to hang him
Hr is privately worried that he will get Gadaffi’d
Something is coming we do not know about. 😏 The billionaire/ultra wealthy class have been erratic the past couple years, plundering all the wealth they can thinking it matters.
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/explore/el-nino/
I wonder what could be coming that’s so bad they’re trying to buy their survival by building bunkers.
So are they going to nuke everyone first? No way they can disappear down a bunker right now and not expect their air holes to get plugged up.
One, every single one is in their 70s to 90s so it’s a matter of time before there’s a string of ‘sudden’ deaths and they can’t accept that so make everyone’s trouble.
Two, the apocalypse deadline was pushed ahead. Very likely, very unpredictable, very likely they want it to happen for far lesser reasons than we think.
Three, funni graph number must go up because that’s all they still remember and nothing else matters, including their own lives.
I look forward to the day when Putin finally dies, I will pop a bottle of champagne if Putin dies
Imagine if Putin and Trump dies the same day.
Would be a world holiday for centuries to come
Haven’t done it in years, but that’s “impromptu weekend getaway with the boys” level of celebration for me.
same. and I don’t drink. ever.
I’m more of a port dude
I mean, I support Ukraine, but I certainly don’t trust them to quote him accurately. Doesn’t mean that he doesn’t think so.
sic semper tyrannosaurus
Shouldn’t have skipped arm day brah
Prime candidate for getting gaddafied
Rather he gets mussolinied
i bet he watches the video of gadaffi everyday.
I’m surprised he hasn’t already gotten the Julius Caesar treatment to be frank.
That’s because he hides in his bunker and every time you see him out in the open that’s just one of his many doubles
