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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI really dislike dislike Putin. I don't see a difference between him and a mob boss.
At least John Gotti put on a great fireworks show on the 4th of July. He reminds me of the Russian Mafia bosses on the big screen.
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I really dislike dislike Putin. I don't see a difference between him and a mob boss. (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
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(7,770 posts)1. Yep he has people murder those that get in the way or sends them to prison
unlike other stuff said on DU by me and others that is not hyperbole, it's just fact. I'm wondering if DonnyPutin will go that far? Time will tell. He certainly seems to be of that mind frame, "If we have nuclear weapons why can't we use them?"
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,717 posts)3. In fact he is lower than a mob boss.
The mob largely leaves "civilians" alone. Putin is bombing the shit out of innocent civilians in Aleppo.
hatrack
(59,596 posts)2. He seems substantially smarter than a typical mob boss . . .
Other than that, no difference I can see.
Oh, and nukes.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,717 posts)4. Some of the leaders of the Five Families were pretty smart.
I would argue that their moral compasses were clearer than Trump's and Putin's.
Yavin4
(35,453 posts)5. Mob Bosses' tend to have a soul.
And they build things that people like, night clubs, Las Vegas, etc.