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The original was posted on /r/ukrainianconflict by /u/Mason_Miami on 2025-03-27 20:58:22+00:00.
I will never understand what drives a person to cling to power like this right up to the bitter end, clearly making an absolute embarrassment of themselves in the process.
I’m not just talking about Pootin either. Moscow Mitch McConnell, Nancy “Insider Trading is my Right” Pelosi, and of course Little Donny himself, among others.
As fucked up as it sounds…
Why not? Death being the final arbiter what the fuck do you care CNN says if you get to rule the world into oblivion? We care cause we have to deal with the outcome but at that age when you personally don’t… I mean fuck us… right?
I don’t know. Do you think that ruling till the end is so enjoyable? In Putins situation it doesn’t really improve his quality of life anymore, he’s filthy rich anyway. Why not sleep in every morning and spent your last years with some relaxation and enjoying some luxuries. Especially if your otherwise best idea makes you the number one hated person on the planet.
Small PP syndrome
Imo, it’s what having a shit load of money does to people’s brains.
If you have a lot of it for long enough, you tend to think you deserve it/are important. But if your actions are shit because you are inherently neither of those things, then it creates some painful cognitive dissonance. And when you have that much money, not much is uncomfortable except what’s on your conscious. So specifically: You have money, but people don’t seem to like what you do with it, and that bothers you literally more than anything else (as all other problems of yours have been solved with money).
So instead of figuring out ways to use your money productively, you just go find others that won’t judge you for spending it all on what you like. But that goes both ways, as this group WILL judge you for not liking what THEY like to spend all their money on selfishly.
And what they like, is to be selfish - to build a bigger dick shaped rocket than anyone else who has the money to do the same. So, in order to keep the selfish assholes liking you, you complement them for being one while being ignorant that you are now the same.
The world gets a bunch of dick rockets that do nothing for it. And everyone who spends money selfishly feels they’re doing the right thing.
Basically, any societal pressure to spend money productively for the benefit of everyone can now just be suplanted by greedy peer pressure to exploit society for more dick rockets.
Emotionally, building dick rockets is now the only thing that makes these people feel they deserve their wealth. So at the end of their lives, they will do EVERYTHING in their power to finish their dick rocket masterpiece, as to them, it is directly tied to the legacy they’re leaving behind.
Without ever realizing their legacy is just another waste of billions that could have benefited humanity though being used in almost any other way. They’ve tied their own worth and self image to dick rocket building without realizing not a single other person benefits from or cares about dick rockets.
Europe is Putins Dick Rocket. Trump is McConnells Dick Rocket. Exploiting the stock market is Pelosi’s Dick Rocket etc.
In the pursuit of their own happiness, they reject any notion of charity in favor of more greed. Because they’ve never realized that their money doesn’t make them happy, it’s what they do with it that does. Instead of reaching that realization, they’ve instead tricked themselves into believing using money to make Dick Rockets could somehow make them happier than the social good-will basic charity always provides.
The more money you have, the more daily annoyances you can pay to get rid of, and the smaller they are. By the time you have billions of dollars, the things that annoy you daily can be EXTREMELY small and petty. You become disconnected from what other people are dealing with.
Stalin, a man Putin would love to be compared to said his position was that of holding a wolf by the ears - any slight release and he would be eaten alive.
Stalin died in his office after a stroke. They dont know when it was because everyone was too araid to check on him.
Can’t help but wonder what happens if both he and Trump keel over in the next 6 months.
I feel like second in commands would come up rather quickly, for trump atleast
I already have two bottles to celebrate.
Yeeaaaahhh, about that
What so you think will happen when Putin dies? You don’t believe the answer to be “democracy, freedom and happiness”, right? There will be a power vacuum, there will be infighting, who knows, maybe even a small civil war to figure out who’s next, but whoever it will be, it will be bad and possibly worse than Putin. At least Putin wasn’t suicidal, I’ve seen possible candidates who will happily nuke the US and Russia into oblivion just for shits 'n giggles, shall we say.
What do you think will happen when cheeto explodes in a fat explosion? I guarantee you that Musk will try shit, his son’s will try shit, possibly, hopefully killing eachother in the process, a bunch of other retards like hegseth or that blonde-whats-her-name idiot from Kansas, I believe… Vance obviously will try to usurp power, and they’ll all final because they’re just really really db people, but I guarantee you this: no one will actually be working on US democracy.
So those two dead will make the world a little better because two shit stains will have been removed from the gene pool but the world in general might dive into a shitshow
Nah you’re seeing this a little pessimistic. It’s clear to anyone that there will be political in fighting in such a case, but claiming and retaining power is not easy, especially under the conditions that Russia is in right now. Different interests will need to compete for political power, and the resulting government will surely not align with the West’s vision of democratic rule. However, these are the moments of opportunity for the people. Nobody in the country comes even close to Putins cult status. Anything can happen.
Wouldn’t it be funny if make that 180° towards democracy like the US did towards fascism? :)
We’re in bizaro world. So wouldnt suprise me a bit if russia becomes the pinnacle of democracy and leader of the free world after the US falls apart from the seams.
pessimistic
Have you seen anything of Russian history? If I had to summarize all of Russian history in one word, pessimistic would be it
I don’t think there would be much of a power vacuum at all. Putin is hardly the head of the organizing that is all in the Kremlin. He’s more puppet than leader. His death is probably already accounted for.
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Champagne prices would skyrocket.
In 2022, the Kremlin found itself in the position of having to quash gossip that Putin had an accident after falling down a flight of stairs, supposedly losing control of his bowels “involuntarily” due to “cancer affecting his stomach and bowels.”
That’s absolutely a rumor - he was in full control of his bowels and meant to shit himself.
Special shitting operation.
Physical Enshitification!
No wonder he and Trump get along so well.
We call that doing a scomo where I come from.
The ol’ engadine
what do you mean fears? is that somehow autocorrected from hopes?
An ai probably misunderstood what the "thoughts and prayers"were about this time…
Lmao
In 2022, the Kremlin found itself in the position of having to quash gossip that Putin had an accident after falling down a flight of stairs, supposedly losing control of his bowels “involuntarily” due to “cancer affecting his stomach and bowels.”
Dafuq?
He is known as Mr Poopin Pants for a reason.
Where is this coming from? I hope its true and that he is already dead, but I cant see reputable sources talking about this or Zelensky’s comments on his health.
This kinda makes sense then
Putin’s bodyguards ‘collect his excrement on trips abroad and take it back to Russia with them’
That is one of the reason why people call him Mr Poopin Pants.
They do this for every US president too since Reagan I believe
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Reagan had Alzheimer’s I believe? And they were trying to cover it up.
Serious answer, stool samples can tell you a lot about a person’s health, and that knowledge can give you an advantage (especially against nations that insist on electing geriatrics to high office).
He probably makes them do it just for laughs.
Did he really piss himself?
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I hope this will be a recurring incident and he dies falling down shitting his pants
trump, elon, etc should also fall down the stairs shitting their pants
trump taking the stairs? and without wearing his diaper?
doctors managed to revive the Russian President before rushing him to a specialist intensive care unit
Imagine being the doctor standing over this piece of shit and knowing how many people you could save if you just let him die right there.
You can’t really save anyone either way. I don’t know who will replace Putin when he dies, but I do know that person will be just as evil and corrupt.
And imagine being the guy responsible for keeping him alive while failing to do so. You’re probably shitting yourself twice over that you and/or your loved ones will be severely punished if that happens.
