I think this editorial by Timothy Snyder might provide important insight into current events [View all]

[LiberalLoner]

And what may happen next.

https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/the-logic-of-destruction?r=p3e2a&utm_medium=ios

Excerpt:

They see themselves as the servants of the freedom of the chosen few, but in fact they are possessed, like millennia of tyrants before them, of fantastic dreams: they will live forever, they will go to Mars. None of that will happen; they will die here on Earth, with the rest of us, their only legacy, if we let it happen, one of ruins. They are god-level brainrotted.

The attempt by the oligarchs to destroy our government is illegal, unconstitutional, and more than a little mad. The people in charge, though, are very intelligent politically, and have a plan. I describe it not because it must succeed but because it must be described so that we can make it fail. This will require clarity, and speed, and coalitions. I try to capture the mood in my little book On Tyranny. Here are a few ideas.


Another one I think is worth reading (describes Putin’s plan and goals) is this one.

https://washingtonspectator.org/project-russia-reveals-putins-playbook/