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applegrove

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6. I have not seen evidence of a cult of personality

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 08:29 PM

Mar 2014

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in the new Ukraine government. Hitler and Stalin were the worst type of psychopaths. Both bullying and manipulative at the same time. I had one of those in my life for years and they always make themselves out to be 1000 times more benign than they are. It is absolutely terrifying. Putin does not meet the criteria. He likes to be obvious about his power. He's a bully but not so manipulative. He doesn't turn the regular people in is country into huge mobs...just the officials and oligarchs. So I don't get the comparison.

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Now that he’s taken power, Adolf Hitler will govern as a moderate… [View all] MattSh Mar 2014 OP

Yeah. Igel Mar 2014 #1

Been to the projects lately? Aerows Mar 2014 #8

If or when Ukraines 'bank' is handed over to Putin control, then we know Ukraine is toast. Sunlei Mar 2014 #2

Oh, I thought you were talking about frazzled Mar 2014 #3

Timothy Snyder ought to hang it up... MattSh Mar 2014 #4

Or maybe you should, too frazzled Mar 2014 #5

I have not seen evidence of a cult of personality applegrove Mar 2014 #6

No one is calling Svoboda moderates. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #7

They said the same thing about Vlad Putin ca. 2000, btw. Look how that turned out! AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #9