Russia’s top security agency, the Federal Security Service, says there are dead and wounded in a Moscow concert hall that is ablaze amid a shooting by several gunmen.
He’s been in power for a long time but he’s run an authoritarian regime. He relies on the suppression of a depoliticized majority of the population. The idea here is that he wants to make a move towards totalitarianism: mobilize more of the population towards the war effort. Squeeze those depoliticized folks to force them to declare their loyalty to the regime.
Yes - but why did he let it happen? I’m thinking more that Putin willfully neglected any action against it because <reason>. Maybe he wants to mobilise more and wants people to feel like they’re under attack?
Wut. He’s already in power and just won another six year term.
He’s been in power for a long time but he’s run an authoritarian regime. He relies on the suppression of a depoliticized majority of the population. The idea here is that he wants to make a move towards totalitarianism: mobilize more of the population towards the war effort. Squeeze those depoliticized folks to force them to declare their loyalty to the regime.
NYT: U.S. Says ISIS Was Responsible for Deadly Moscow Concert Hall Attack
Yes - but why did he let it happen? I’m thinking more that Putin willfully neglected any action against it because <reason>. Maybe he wants to mobilise more and wants people to feel like they’re under attack?