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P047
Putin is preparing Russia for Total War to reshape Russian society
What Jiang said
“what I want to do is argue another possibility which is that Putin is mobilizing his Society because he sees War as a tool as a mechanism to radically reshape the people in Russia so think of a metaphor okay you're fat and you're like okay how do I get fit how do I get trim right you go to the gym and you out and for Putin that's what war is war is a workout for your for for your society when you enter War you become a much more disciplined unified and prosperous Society”
Analysis
Putin's own speech telling Russians to prepare for total war. War as mechanism to discipline, unify, strengthen society. 'Warrior' replaces 'consumer.'
Status history
- 2026-05-22 · Imported into the tracker as Partially Confirmed (bulk import — the status it already had, not the date it was decided)
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2026-06-19 ·
Partially Confirmed → Likely Confirmed
(glm)
Russia remains on a sustained war footing (daily war costs, drone warfare, 'era of war' framing) with signs of internal political/societal reshaping, so evidence trends toward the prediction, but 'Total War' is not a settled fact and diplomatic counter-signals (Trump-Putin Alaska meeting) keep the window open. · Source: Could the Rise of the New People Party Reshape Russia’s Managed Political System? - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Mon, 11 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT) -
2026-09-25 ·
Likely Confirmed → Unverifiable
(manual)
Not a forecast (claim audit 2026-09-26, operator-approved): in the 2024-05-31 lecture Jiang described something already true or under way. He speaks entirely in present tense about what Putin 'sees' and 'is' doing now, offering an explanatory metaphor rather than predicting a future development.