▲ 224 ▼ Russian plot to kill European weapons chief foiled by US and Germany (www.politico.eu) submitted 2 years ago by mecfs@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24848057
[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yay captialism? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] einkorn@feddit.org 16 points 2 years ago Nah, yay delegation of power. It's the same reason why a modern democratic state is unlikely to crumble when a president gets assassinated: No single person holds all the power and succession is codified. Which is not the case in corruption ridden systems like Russia. There is going to be chaos should Putin not wake up tomorrow. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] einkorn@feddit.org 16 points 2 years ago Nah, yay delegation of power. It's the same reason why a modern democratic state is unlikely to crumble when a president gets assassinated: No single person holds all the power and succession is codified. Which is not the case in corruption ridden systems like Russia. There is going to be chaos should Putin not wake up tomorrow. permalink fedilink source parent