Comments by "Marc Joly" (@emjizone) on "Why Has Russia Not Collapsed Yet?" video.
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1:08 The order matter.
1. Conquest is what Putin&Co are doing all life long. It already killed many.
2. War is clearly underway, not only in Ukraine, but also among show-offs in Russia running for medals.
3. Famine is still avoided in many cases, but note that many Ukrainians lack food and energy, that prices rise everywhere, and also many Russians still don't have access to gaz in spite of their country producing more than they can sell.
4. Plague is to be feared. You may consider the durable "brainwash" (I prefer "brainclog") of a part of the Russian population as a serious mental illness. If not prevented, the end of Putin's reign might take the form of a new plundering of Russia by all sort opportunists pretending to save the country, similarly to the end of the USSR. In that case, these individuals are the devouring beasts.
@JakeBroe , your "5ft Horseman" is nothing but the 3rd one in disguise. Ask any scientist: you will be told that food crisis, oil crisis, coil crisis, wood crisis, gaz crisis etc. all fall under the same principles. Food is, in fact, fuel for living beings. Another kind of fuel doesn't make another Horseman: it's still the same kind of phenomenon.
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