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It's clear that on some level Putin accepts the legitimacy of what

the because he did.

Not the case he made, but I think in some ways Putin himself is still in that medieval or early modern mindset.

Yes, Pragogy tried and failed, and he therefore has to be squeezed out of the system,

but nonetheless there was something legitimate about that particular type of show of force.

I think it was really important understanding what happened here is this idea of the

adhocracy which you've written about before and you've come onto the show and talked

about and I will attempt to sum it up and please tell me where I'm wrong.

The way the Putin system kind of works is that he kind of lets everyone know vaguely what he wants and where he wants things to go and

then everyone underneath him kind of competes to make him happy and to achieve these goals. Right? Is that kind of what's

going on? Yeah, I mean this is it. He's, Putin is not the sort of person who, except when it comes to handing out major business opportunities, doesn't tend to micromanage. I mean, in some ways what we've got is, look, states there is most of Russia one can think of as a modern

institutionalized state there are ministries there are laws blah blah blah

just atop them is this medieval court, in which precisely everyone is trying to

basically keep the boss happy and guess what the boss is going to want

tomorrow so that they can be ready to deliver it and another aspect of the

adhocracy is in some ways what your real job is may well have nothing to do

with your official title. Basically your job is whatever Putin wants it to be today. So this is why you've

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