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DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 01:13 AM Jan 2022

Putin Is Just Jealous Of Stalin Because Joseph Murdered Far More Russians Than He Has

And it will be hard to catch up.

Then Vladimir is upset the Soviet Union collapsed because productivity was practically zero. There was no incentive to work harder than the next guy, and not enough Vodka to keep people working for crumbs they had to wait in line for a week to collect.

I remember.

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Putin Is Just Jealous Of Stalin Because Joseph Murdered Far More Russians Than He Has (Original Post) DanieRains Jan 2022 OP
Personally, I think he wants to reconstitute the territory of the USSR. Thomas Hurt Jan 2022 #1
Well, Stalin also murdered more Ukrainians, and that may be where the jealousy/inadequacy lies. RockRaven Jan 2022 #2

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. Personally, I think he wants to reconstitute the territory of the USSR.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 01:17 AM
Jan 2022

As he does it, he co-opts the economy and resources to put money in his bank accounts.

He is an autocratic parasite....the Pig wants to be America's Putin.

RockRaven

(15,097 posts)
2. Well, Stalin also murdered more Ukrainians, and that may be where the jealousy/inadequacy lies.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 01:39 AM
Jan 2022

But probably the best place to look for the origin of all this is, as usual, internal politics/propaganda.

Americans and American media is very American-centric, or at least geopolitical-centric. We should pay more attention to other countries' domestic politics in every situation. More often than we credit, it is highly relevant.

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