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855: Russia's Wagner Group and Why Coups Fail | Out of the Loop

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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The Trade-Off Between Hard Purges and Strong Opposition

If you go too hard against the coup plotters, you might actually make more coup plotters. Research from a couple of years ago in political science shows modest purges that don't harden the opposition are what work best to maintain power for longest. So maybe he's trying to toe that line a little bit, right? The idea that we might not throw you guys out of windows, but we want you to know that you have to join the military now or retire.

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