• Aljernon@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    There’s a reason this hasn’t happened since Hitler and Mussolini

    That’s a wild statement to make considering that Putin is a household name these days.

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      2 days ago

      Putin is hardly a charismatic leader. Might as well throw in Maduro or Noriega, or Saddam Hussein if you’re going to talk about leaders who ruled through fear and force rather than charisma.

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        1 day ago

        Putin has been more often than not genuinely popular with Russians; he was very successful at creating a persona that worked in his culture to secure and maintain power.

        And while Maduro wasn’t charismatic, Chavez certainly was

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          1 day ago

          You don’t talk about Hitler “more often than not” being popular with Germans. Hitler famously had huge rallies filling stadiums.

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            7 hours ago

            Putin has been in power for longer and there have been times were his popularity dipped. Then he launched a successful military operation and boom, popularity back up.