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Originally Posted by August
What put my country on the path to prosperity and longevity was not having a strong and popular leader like Washington. Strong and popular leaders are a dime a dozen. It was the fact that he didn't cling to power when it was time to relinquish it. The precedent was by far the greatest gift he gave future generations of Americans IMO.
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I think in this case we agree completely. That's the problem with Russia, too - the precedent has been such that everybody thinks that the strong man is good. Sadly, many people don't even understand why that's bad. The current government, having the prime interest of hanging on to its own power, is happy to perpetuate the myth of the strong man.
Putin isn't even a particularly good politician TBH. But for lack of alternative, and thanks to thorough government control of the media, he ends up looking like a powerhouse which he is not.