re: #184 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

but they are trying to get people to approve what they are doing, which is what a lot of soft power is about

Through oppression. That’s the total opposite of soft power. Yes he’s building up support but the actions in the historically autonomous regions are a consolidation of power. Stalin taking over the Baltics was the same thing. It wasn’t a soft power move.