@kamilkazani has a really interesting thread on the potenial breakup of the Russian Empire. You can find his thread here along with my supporting fires in the comments.
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1600551806429544452?s=20&t=Wqvmn3Kiv0Hbw1VEJ5G_wg
The thread however begs the questions, just how fast can empires unravel? Generally speaking, within a single lifetime. Most of us probably perceive the fall of empires as something that takes time as rot set in. History certainly has plenty of examples: Achaemenid Empire, Rome,
the Ottomans but despite being famous I think I can make a case that they are outliers. First, every empire everywhere wants to be a China. As one of the world's oldest civilizations China endures. Rulers, dynasties and forms of government come and go. She gets invaded but she
endures. Rome and Assyria almost got there but migration, civil war and disease dealt them mortal blows. No one else has made the trip through time intact. Most empires fall virtually overnight. When Winston Churchill was a young man and fighting in the Boer War, Britannia ruled
the world from a position even more dominant than the US enjoys now. By the end of his life the UK was destitute her empire gone and her protection from a rival empire (USSR/Russia) only secured because of yet another empire (USA). There are so many exmples like this: Khwarazm
Empire, French and Dutch pacific empires, Japan, Alexander's empire, Napoleon's French Empire, The Mongol Empire, the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne. Missteps and hubris made from a position of strength made these empires brittle while avarice and greed kept them from cementing.
Then when an outside factor put them under stress they failed. Look at the USSR, she was a victor of WWII, had the largest army, the greatest landmass, unlimited natural resources but all of her energies were aimed in the wrong direction. Prestige and power took place over
development and internal cohesion by means other than repression. As a result, when the coup plotters who had marched to Berlin and crowned themselves the masters of Europe a mere 46 years earlier failed the empire dissolved overnight. What emerged was an imperial rump state.
Russia had shed most of her colonies in Eastern Europe and many in Asia but she managed to hold on to the bulk of the lands stolen from native peoples by the czars. The Soviet Union was dead but the Third Russian Empire emerged. That brings us to today. Putin's focus on military
and energy hard powers gave him the illusion of strength. He thought he could reclaim lands the czars had won but the Politburo had lost. Instead, he is destroying a generation of Russian manhood, wrecking his economy and isolating Russia on the world stage and as Kamil's essay
shows he is spreading the seeds of future dissolution. While the breakup of a nuclear power is fraught with peril, I think ultimately it will be a general good if this happens. We may well see the end of the last of the colonial empires if we stay the course. Ukraine deserves our
support, not to break up the Russian blob, but because she does not want to be assimilated like a Borg victim. Any fall out from Russia's hubris is on Russia's head not Ukraine's and not ours. This is why I tag @JohnBoozman, @SenTomCotton, and @RepFrenchHill everyday to send more
send better and send now. sadly, when empires die, huge numbers of people die with them. Russia is trying to effect a #GenocideOfUkrainians to hold off her fall. Winter is here and millions of Ukrainians are suffering for Putin's pride. Thats where we come in. Our donations to
groups like @u24, @MriyaAid, @LibertyUkraineF, @georgian_legion, @belwarriors, @UkraineAidOps and @3xR_team won't stop the missiles, but they do limit the damage and drive up the costs for Russia. Our time and dollars/euros donated to Ukraine as just another weapon to fight
genocide. Russia hates us for it. We were supposed to be easily distracted self indulgent sheep and instead we are a source of replenishment and strength for Ukraine. #NAFO #FELLAS in particular are hated. Our fight with the Kleptogradians has had a major impact on public opinion
and public support for the war. Our fight with Russia though is evolving. Russia is now weaponizing article 5 claims as a way to report fellas for violating Twitters TOS. Like a prop plane in the jet age the article 5 utility is waning as the fight evolves. Russia can't stop
NAFO any more than they can stop Ukraine but they will try so when you bonk, bonk smart. Stay inside the TOS and remember ridicule works wonders they have no answer for it. Do report them for violations of TOS, just don't call for brigading. We are smarter than they are. Speaking
of smarter. Do you listen to @MriyaReport? You can find some very smart people there. Until Ukraine Wins On Ukraine's Terms" Slava Ukraini! #RussiaisATerroistState #RussiaIsLosing @mfa_russia <--- still losing and you will eventually be stateless persons running from Interpol.
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