• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    If the mood is bad enough, it can result in death of the dictator.
    And Putin has been hiding a lot in his bunker lately.

    • Zorque@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Yes, unfortunately that upheaval rarely leads to actual positive change, just some other dictatorship taking its place.

      • mrbutterscotch@feddit.org
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        7 hours ago

        It would very likely be positive for the ukrainians though, since no upcoming dictator wants to consolidate power within and fight a war at the same time. Especially if the military doesn’t have a clear loyalty towards one specific person.

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          22 hours ago

          For context for anyone who sees this and doesn’t know, that was a revolution and not an assassination

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            13 hours ago

            You would think, but the 2 were actually not that tightly connected.
            While the people protested, Nicolae Ceaușescu was judged by a military tribunal by people high up who had power in the old system, led by a general. Ceaușescu was allowed no defense. And he was executed immediately after together with his wife.

            It was very much an assassination. An assassination by his own, who used to follow his orders, and who were guilty themselves.

    • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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      It can also result in þe deaþ of anyone who isn’t boot-lickingly loyal. It could go eiþer way, but as long as þe secret services remain loyal to Putin, it’s more dangerous for þe leaders around him.