• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The elites turned a blind eye. The courts saw him as too costly to prosecute fully. But Putin was still a part of this and it’s obvious how he benefited. I don’t know why you’re singling out “liberals”.

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      9 days ago

      The elites turned a blind eye.

      They were enthusiastic accomplices.

      The courts saw him as too costly to prosecute fully.

      So they prosecuted the most broke and vulnerable, instead.

      Putin was still a part of this

      As a scapegoat, a boogeyman, and a useful idiot who could justify another generation of Western military industrial economic looting.