Showing posts with label mikhail khodorkovsky. Show all posts
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Monday, March 28, 2022

I Am Not Eager For A Unipolar World



I am not eager for a unipolar world where the US calls all the shots. In fact, I think Russia is an indispensable country in that it is a major European country like Germany and France, and it is a major Asian country like China, India and Japan. No other country can make such claims. I think a vibrant, robust, democratic, federal Russia that respects its many nationalities and its neighbors could be an important counterbalance to the US, as well as China, for that matter.

I know too much about the US to think it has an ideal political system. It is not. It is an imperfect democracy that needs a fundamental tweak. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin both occupy the same segments of the political spectrum. If Putin is a fan of the North Korean leader, I don't know it. But I do know Trump is.

No, I don't think every country should be like America. I shudder at the thought.

Russia is not a large population, or a large economy. But it punches above its weight. And it can become a much larger economy with a democratic framework.

You need a government in waiting. I am thinking an interim President Mikhail Khodorkovsky and an interim Vice President Alexei Navalny who will form their own separate political parties, and will hold elections to a constituent assembly within a year of taking power.

And a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) populated by over 90% of the Russian diaspora that orchestrates the coming to the streets of 500,000 Russians in Moscow. You come out and do not leave until Putin resigns.

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Saturday, March 26, 2022

A Post-Putin Russia

I see a post-Putin Russia where Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Alexei Navalny have their own political parties and they take turns being in power and in opposition, and Russia is a democracy. And Russia has a massive sphere of influence that is dependent on it having robust trade with all its neighbors. Russia has been an intellectual capital superpower for a century. That should put it in a good place in the global economy.

I will be surprised if Putin is still in power in the Fall.

Ordinary Russians can end this war and are in the best position to do so. Flee if you have to, but get organized in the diaspora with the goal of taking over the streets of Moscow.

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