Comment by otterley
5 years ago
Can you elaborate? I'm not sure how you think regime change in autocracies can happen any other way. It's not like autocrats listen to people and go, "my bad; I'll change my direction now." History suggests that only violent overthrow can effectuate that, with a few exceptions where a foreign invader was able to execute the autocrat, or where the autocrat knew they were backed into a corner and the choice was to flee or be killed. Either way, it's violent and terrible.
As Clausewitz said, "war is politics by other means."
The vast majority of autocracies were overthrown by eroding their power bases.
"The people" are not one of Putin's power bases.
I.e., see financial sanctions.