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[–] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 46 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Too bad that "mood" really doesn't seem to be relevant in totalitarian dictatorships.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 21 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

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 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

True, but sometimes it works out OK, as it did in Romania.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 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.

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nicolae Causescu would disagree if he could.

[–] placebo@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

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.