Putin has surrounded himself with those who agree with him, and killed those who disagree who are at all in danger of getting a position of power. Unless you kill nearly everybody in politics nothing will change. (if you do I don't know what the result will be other than really bad - and no guarantee of change for the better even with just the Ukraine issue)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well it can't get a whole lot worse at this point unless they really go with someone with a disorder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Did killing Cesar at the end of Fallout New Vegas teach us nothing?

The war machine is too far along to be stopped easily.

Or if WW1 is your poison:

Initially, Wilhelm II wanted to halt the German mobilization, hoping for a peaceful resolution. However, Moltke insisted it was too late to stop the complex mobilization process once it had been set in motion. He argued that it was "like a wound-up clock" that couldn't simply be unwound. His words essentially conveyed that the mobilization machinery, once started, would continue inexorably towards war, effectively removing any possibility of reversal.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

What are those fuckin nerd guards doing

[–] solsangraal 10 points 3 weeks ago

LOL wtf are those marching band kids doing

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Well, they are at war with us so yeah, we're at war with them, just gotta defend ourselves now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

The honor guard in Russia look like they have been gassed by a nerve agent when Czar Putin of Muscovy passes. It's like a toddler's cringe dramatization you smile at while holding in the FML sentiment. Seems I'm in FML company with lefty. Probably got gassed for that glance in the picture too.