[ExI] pussy riot case

[Charlie Stross]

On 19 Aug 2012, at 18:58, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> On 19/08/2012 18:41, spike wrote:
>> Are any of you following the Pussy Riot trial? 
> 
> Been keeping an eye on it. Not unexpected, sad, and a sign of just how dark Russia has turned. Plus that Putin clearly has a problem dealing with extrovert artist dissidents: he doesn't know how to handle people who pander to the world press well. Then again, few groups know how to do it. 

More profoundly; Putin's team *really* don't get the post-TV internet weltanschaung, leaderless resistance, stuff like Anonymous and Occupy, etc.

Which in turn implies a return to an autocratic system with no safety valve to allow peaceful transfer of power when the regime overruns its popular legitimacy, which in turn implies ... nothing good, in the long run.


-- Charlie