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Currently Playing: The Broken Society Putin’s War Created

Putin’s war did not create a fully mobilized society. It created something more useful to the Kremlin: a managed, exhausted, and atomized society where most people do not need to be true believers as long as they stay quiet, adapt, and avoid risk. In this video, I break down how Putin’s system manages Russian society through fear, propaganda, war payments, regional pressure, and selective opportunity. We look at why public support can coexist with private exhaustion, how poverty has become part of Russia’s recruitment system, why veterans and war families are becoming politically sensitive groups, and how governors are forced to deliver loyalty upward while managing pain locally. The bigger story is that wartime Russia can look stable from the outside, but that stability is being built on long-term damage the state will eventually have to pay for. 🧠Join my Patreon and get weekly reports on what's going on in the world! https://patreon.com/CalebMcMurtrey ☕️ Interested in supporting the channel? Consider buying me some coffee! 👇 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/threatsandb 🔥 Get unbiased and balanced news while tracking bias from the largest news outlets with Ground News using my affiliate link: https://ground.news/landingV5/welcome?utm_source=threatsandtrends&utm_medium=pap-link#a_aid=threatsandtrends ⭐️ Find me at: Twitter - https://x.com/CalebBMcMurtrey Business Email - threatsandtrends@gmail.com Interested in starting a lab or sprucing up your home office? Check out these affiliate links for cool things I highly recommend! These also go to help support the channel! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 https://kit.co/studiosec Note: I receive a small commission from any purchases of any of the gear shown in the affiliate link above. This supports the channel and keeps the content free!