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As they mention in the article they anticipated a much slower collapse and likely prepared for that. But at the rate it’s currently going, it’s quite astounding. The fragmentation and internal strife in Russia are certainly not over.

I did read one article that made a reference to this more being an “end of the beginning” rather than the “beginning of the end”. Which I agree with. It hasn’t collapsed the federation overnight, but it’s certainly weakened it a hell of a lot.

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Living in Russia, I have mixed feelings about this slow controlled collapse TBF.

For Russia itself, maybe things being over after a couple of months (or years) of civil war starting in 1999 would be better.

But for everybody else, of course, there are bigger risks associated with that. Not really something nuclear even, just economically less pleasant.

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5 points

Are you in Russia right now? How are things over there?

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In their place i would rather prepare for scenario of unexpected collapse of United Kingdom.

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To be fair, it’s not exactly an unexpected scenario.

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I would even say, desired.

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Fuck, this is reddit people :-D

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The world will be a better place when British regime falls, no question about that.

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7 points

Who says they have not prepared for that?

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Considering their preparations for other things, like brexit or covid i would say LOL.

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UK politicians never really seem prepared for anything tbh

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6 points

Very unlikely scenario. Expected collapse on the other hand…

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I mean, collapse of Russia is something very much expected in Russia by many people since 1993.

What makes it less expected is that it hasn’t happened in 30 years, though.

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It was made into a film called Children of Men.

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Great movie and accurately depicts brexit

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I really hate reportage like this. Every government, even seemingly incompetent ones like the current crop in the UK, have hundreds or thousands of contingency plans for things of wildly varying likelihood. This is just one of those things.

This is just as informative as those articles that say eating sugar triggers the same receptors as cocaine. Yes it’s true, but there aren’t that many reward mechanisms in the brain, so a lot of shit hits those same receptors.

It’s data and it’s true, but it’s not useful information.

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We have a plan to invade literally every country and for if that country invades us that is updated regularly. I always found that kind of funny but it isn’t shocking.

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Why would it be funny?

Having a plan for an unlikely event is not funny if having such a plan is your job. There are plenty of people who should do exactly that.

Because not having a plan for an unlikely event that bloody happens is, eh, negatively funny.

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It’s like saying the police is preparing for thieves robbing the bank or the fire department preparing for a wildfire. It’s part of their job and it would be stranger not to have a contingency plan.

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Consider the source. Pretty sure this is propaganda.

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If you’re preparing for it, is it really that “unexpected”…?

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You can be prepared for all kinds of things you aren’t expecting. For example you could get occupational disablement insurance while not expecting to ever use it.

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Maybe they’re preparing for it so it won’t be unexpected

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24 points

My body is ready

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The anticipatory poop challenge part deux.

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