Vladimir Putin has begun to shake up Russian political establishment. Some clans are hurting and others are celebrating.
Vladimir Putin has begun to shake up Russian political establishment. Some clans are hurting and others are celebrating.
This guy replacing Shoigu is an economist who trained as an economist in the USSR. He is also an advocate of Gosplan, the failed Soviet System of Central government controlling all aspects of the economy. Here is a short explanation of Gosplan, and why it will change nothing in mafia land.
“The introduction of the Five-Year plans can also be considered a failure due to the targets that were set by Gosplan. Firstly, these targets were often ridiculously ambitious and so produced a wave of corruption on all levels of production.”
Many good points by videoblogger Constantin, but the counterexamples of Albert Speer in Nazi Germany and the “Office of Price Administration” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Price_Administration ) in WWII US point towards Belousov actually having a chance to improve the RuSSian arms production. And that wouldn’t be good news for Ukraine and Nato. So, imho it’s far too soon for passing judgment on the effects of the new direction of the department of defence. Even more reason to destroy Russian military-industrial capacity, so that Belousov doesn’t have much left to work with. Burn, Mafialand, burn! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐น๐ฅ๐ฅ
From the Wikipedia article on John Kenbeth Galbraith: “Eighteen months later, after Pearl Harbor, he was then appointed to oversee the wartime economy as “price czar,” charged with preventing inflation and corrupt price-gouging from devastating the economy as it swelled to produce the weapons and materiel needed to guarantee victory against fascism. In this, he and his colleagues at the Office of Price Administration had been stunningly successful, guiding an economy that quadrupled in size in less than five years without fanning the inflation that had haunted World War I, or leaving behind an unbalanced post-war collapse of the kind that had done such grievous damage to Europe in the 1920s.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith
However, as pointed out in the video, Belizsov ain’t no young and energetic Ken Galbraith, but an old school Soviet educated technocrat, and such five year plans certainly aren’t the solution for RuSSias production problems. ๐
Comparing this clown with Albert Speer is like comparing oranges with apples, Mr. Gray. WWII Germany was not nearly as corrupt as today’s mafia land. This guy will NOT be able to strong-arm the mafia economy and the mafia army into efficient systems in any way.
This guy will be walking around with a target on his back. Some very influential orcs have had their power taken away, and the profits that go with the power.
Yeah, this is mafia land, after all.
Well, I haven’t read enough about Belousov yet to call him a clown. But I’m certain that when Hitler appointed his favourite architect, a cocky little guy who had never served in the army, as arms production czar, many people thought this was nuts. And I’m aware that Nazi Germany was very corrupt. Like in Putin’s kleptocracy, the Nazi leadership enriched themselves unscrupulously. Whatever, I’m hoping, of course, that Belousov will turn out to be a grand failure on the job. I’m just not certain of that. ๐ค
I know how evil the Nazis were, but the difference between Nazi Germany and mafia land is like day and night, Mr. Gray. Germany was able to produce a vast array of products, while mafia land cannot. And corruption in mafia land is from top to bottom, and the ruskies also have a totally different mentality when it comes to work ethics, and so on.
No, this one guy, even with a whole new crew and even if they are not corrupt, will not be able to bring effective positive changes to mafia land, and this quick enough to matter. There are virtually tens of thousands of other corrupt creatures they’d have to replace with honest ones. There’s a better chance that an ice cube survives in hell.
Hmm, ok, Mr. Facts, but Putinstan had started with a much worse economy and then had more time to “optimize” its kleptocracy. I’m certain the Nazi regime would have become similarly bad over the decades. Whatever, a major point speaking against Belousov is that he’ll inevitably make a lot of enemies, but has no powerful support of his own and is dependent on Putin for protection. But the dictator certainly isn’t interested in playing political bodyguard for his defence minister. So, I guess this won’t end well for the new kid on the (chopping) block. Well, let’s wait and see. ๐
In mafia land, anything is possible. There are no real laws there that could help to guide our thinking.
Hi, F1, could you pls check what happened to my recent comments? Is there a word filter activated in the comment engine that gets triggered by certain words, maybe? ๐ค
You had 3 comments that were deleted. I have just approved them.
Thanks, F1! ๐๐๐
Interesting views on the power shift in RuSSias defence department at Charter97, too:
“‘Whipping Boy’, ‘SVO’ Failure And Budget Crunch: What’s Behind Resignation Of Shoigu”
https://charter97.org/en/news/2024/5/13/594920/
“Obviously, as the head of the defence department, Shoigu did not fulfill the tasks that were assigned to him. This reminds me of when in Nazi Germany they put Speer in charge of the defence [Albert Speer was a special person close to Hitler and the most influential architect in the Third Reich โ Ed.], hoping that he would be able to mobilize industry for military needs with the help of some of his knowledge and skills.”
Good point by Oleh Belokolos. Indeed, when the war dragged on, Hitler noticed that arms production needed to be increased. And his choice of replacement, architect Albert Speer, proved to be surprisingly effective at the job. Can Belousov manage to do the same? Time will tell. Still, Germany lost the war, despite production records in 1944, and Russia will lose, too.
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I’m quite sure I posted a comment here about a report at Charter97 with other interesting views on the power shuffle in RuSSia. What happened to that??? ๐ณ
Is there a word filter in place here that prevents some comments from publication?
Test Albert Speer Belousov test
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I’ve rarely seen things get flagged pending review, sometimes the software can get a little picky. But best of my knowledge there’s not word specific blocks in comments, however I could be wrong.๐
I’d guess that “N*zi” and “H1tler” would be more likely triggers than Speer.
That would have been my expectation, too, Larry, but all three comments that got stuck included the name “Speer”, but only one “Hitler”. ๐คจ
We have no blocklist of words not allowed on here. So I have no idea why your comments were deleted.