For Some, A Scary Question

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A thought to share this morning. Yesterday looked at some strange goings on here and in Russia, and then looked at what that could mean if they were organized and coordinated activities. It is a scary thought that either or both are such, as it implies some interesting things.

Want to know what is even scarier? What if one or both are not organized and coordinated events? What if the fires are spontaneous acts by people who disagree with what is happening, and decide to act on their own? That would tend to say interesting things about the bandwidth of members of the Russian public who are not happy, are willing to act, and who feel they have no other means to express their displeasure.

Are any of you old enough to remember back in the latter days of the Soviet Union when the workers had enough, and began being deliberately sloppy in their work? If I remember correctly, it wasn’t so much an organized event but rather people having enough and deciding to go John Galt in an interesting way. Again, if I remember correctly, which I can’t swear to, it brought at least some token changes even as it fully cemented the idea of ‘As long as they pretend to pay me, then I will pretend to work.’

Even if my memory is off, and it may well be given the lightning hit, there still is a very valid question here. What is more scary? The idea that the Ukrainians have the bandwidth to do such a campaign across Russia, or that enough people disagree with the government that they are willing to take these actions on a spontaneous basis? If the latter, it suggests there is a very fertile field for others to plant in…