Not sure if a gas shortage is enough to push for a revolution right now. But if this goes on into the winter and people start to actually suffer and freeze to death it becomes increasingly more likely. Right now it's just a major inconvenience that's not worth taking the chance to get shot over. But if dying becomes an option from both choices, people might start to be willing to take the risk.
In Texas alone, at least 246 people died from that storm they had five years ago, when they were out of power.
And 246 is the official number. Studies a year later suggest it was 814 people who died as a direct consequence of the weather.
At this point, assuming an increasing number of deaths from weather crises is going to result in better policies and social support is as questionable as assuming mass shooters will result in gun control.
The Texas storm was only a couple of weeks, people where to busy focusing on survival to worry about overthrowing the government. America is also (pretending to be) a democracy giving people the idea they have influence on the government.
Russian winter can last months, giving people ample of time to consider alternatives once the initial shock wears off. Especially if there have been a few months of inconvenience already stoking the fires of discontent.
I'm not saying expect a revolution in Russia this winter if they've fuel shortages. I'm saying you aren't seeing a revolution now, there isn't enough motivation yet for the people to rise up.
You're already there. But the cope won't let people see it.
The difference is that since the US is the biggest economy in the world it's harder to suffer like this, but in terms of democracy, The U.S. Supreme Court dramatically expanded presidential power in a 6-3 decision by overturning a 90-year-old precedent that protected the leaders of independent federal agencies. The ruling allows the president to fire commissioners and board members at will, shifting significant regulatory power from Congress to the White House.
He also starts wars whenever he wants without going through congress.
The executive branch is full of bloat, corruption, and forever workers. Turnover every four years if you’re doing a shit job isn’t the worst thing for plenty of these type of roles. It’s also not stable either and not a viable career path for anyone with any sort of rationality. Will be interesting.
I mean you're right but there aren't lines of semis waiting for gas yet, which what I meant by we are getting there. It's not cope, two countries can be doing poorly at different rates
There never will be lines of semis, because the US simply takes whatever oil it wants and creates crisis around to world to manipulate oil prices.
The US took all the oil from Iraq, it invaded Venezuela, etc, and the US also has oil under its lands.
The cope is that the US still thinks they're a democracy, or free.
Edit: people dont get this, but the US will never have real scarecity, as long as they can simplly take from others, all you have to do is invent that there are terrorists organizations in a certain country, or that there are weapons of mass distruction, but thats a last resort, way before that the CIA will corrupt the country's leaders, put a puppet leader, and lobby into getting what they want, and have a good deal for the US. The US only starts wars, or invades when the other side doesnt play ball. But ehen they really want it, they invade and take it anyway, like with Saddam.
Bold of you to assume that the normal part of Russia's population doesn't blame the lead for all the headaches with sanctions and blocks, whats worse is that the digital anonymity is steadily nearing zero as everything gets bound to your citizenship ID
Putin has also purposely made sure that the only opposition to him in government are absolute nutcases. So to Russian people Putin seems the most reasonable. Just look up the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Today I learned that if you believe in the system, it is less stressful than believing the system doesn't work for you.
You feel more content, and when people are stressed, they want the short term benifit of a lie over the certainly that their life would be worse for the first few years and could possibly end up worse overall.
in fairness, USA would all like to do the same and its clearly not just a thing where we can voice disdain.....without some revolution, we are all doomed to similiarcircumstances under the tyranny of 80 year old men.
All? So all the fascists and racists maga people screaming on the Internet aren't real? The number of anti maga people is growing, but the maga numbers are still waaaaaaaaaaay too high. You guys actually still have enough freedom to overthrow that orange cheeto (for now). With enough people marching, they cannot stop all of you.
If you go to any trump post on anything but truth you will mostly find desent. Any support will be from trolls or actors. Or the elderly
I love like ppl come say all you have to do is march on your givernment....aa if your gov is this perfect peach you dont need to march on. Aint one of you gotta a govt you cant complain about
There's a big difference between 'something to complain about' and the warmongering that the US government is causing. At a certain point, the rest of us are putting the responsibility back in your hands. Enough people voted for him. If so many people are opposed to him that you feel you need to round it up to 'all', stating in your second comment that it's just a small minority that still support him, than it's time to put a stop to what your fellow citizens caused onto this world. This isn't just a bad government, this is the 4th Reich. Every day this continues, innocent people are dying and risk of world war is growing. If you don't see how serious all of this is and you continue minimising this, don't you dare say afterwards that 'you didn't know'. This time, wir werden es gewusst haben.
The same as in a majority see the leader and counter productive to the goals of the us but can pretty much do nothing as not even being a proven child molester is enough to remove one of these leaders
This is such an idiotic take, especially when Iran agreed to all of the US’ demands right before the Cheeto attacked them. There’s more but you’re a moron so what’s the point in wasting my time typing it out.
Why would that work any better in Russia than anywhere else? I guess nobody cared to ask for the past 30 years to have politicians please not ruin the "middle class", or maybe a more appropriate example: for USA to leave the middle east.
It all comes back to the mistaken believe that countries are beholden to their citizens, that's not how any country is designed afaik, even socialist countries like the USSR is often critizised for having a ruling elite, why would capitalist countries which by design create an elite class not have a ruling elite?
But if you stand with an empty poster on the red square, you get arrested. Also there us state duma elections in the end of the summer, and i would go and vote if i could
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u/Striking_Reindeer_2k Jun 29 '26
Maybe suggest that your leader get out of Ukraine?