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.
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.
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.
He’s rather an outlier in modern history as well as the circumstances of his fall. Modern dictators know how to manage this risk. Putin, being a former KGB agent, knows that better than anyone.
Too bad that “mood” really doesn’t seem to be relevant in totalitarian dictatorships.
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.
Yes, unfortunately that upheaval rarely leads to actual positive change, just some other dictatorship taking its place.
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.
True, but sometimes it works out OK, as it did in Romania.
For context for anyone who sees this and doesn’t know, that was a revolution and not an assassination
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.
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.
Nicolae Causescu would disagree if he could.
He’s rather an outlier in modern history as well as the circumstances of his fall. Modern dictators know how to manage this risk. Putin, being a former KGB agent, knows that better than anyone.
This just means he will fall out of a higher window than most.