The thing about harsh authoritarian regimes is it's not laws, or courts, or the rigid government hierarchy that makes them run. It is fear. And once the fear is taken out of the equation – suddenly, for the vanishing of fear is always sudden – it becomes clear that these courts, laws and hierarchies do not work. Everything just starts falling apart.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/26/vladimir-putin-world-falling-apart
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/26/vladimir-putin-world-falling-apart
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