Russia, Putin, and the Psychology of Status (Robert Wright & Steven Ward)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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Is He a Troll or a Manipulator of Perceptions?
A, so the distinction a we made between a person kind of like saputon, identifying with russia so strongly that this is all personal. On the one hand, and domestic political incentives on the other a, that seems to me a kind of subtle matter. A, i think it can interact with status concerns. It might be that sort of outstanding status ambitions or status gripes might prove useful to leaders who need to divert. These are all kinds of extensions of this as this very general model.
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