Last week, I blogged about how Americans may have a preference for economic opportunity to economic equality.
Well, after reading a few articles on what’s happening in Russia, it would seem that, judging by Putin’s popularity despite his increasing authoritarianism, Russians prefer economic opportunity to personal freedom.
Russia is experiencing an economic boom, and it seems many Russians attribute it, rightly or wrongly, to Putin. So they look the other way as he prepares to only symbolically leave the presidency. It’s clear that he’s planning to re-wire the political structure so that when he takes over as prime minister, he’ll still have total control.
It’s hard to tell how much potential for tyranny Putin has. He certainly registers high on the creepy scale.
careful senor. unless you want a plutonium milk shake.