# Inside the spring (part 3) Author: anti-colorados. Translated by theo. Original article: [link](https://dl-news.defence-line.org/?p=61585) The Landing of the Great Bear, or Muslims Caught Off Guard" – May 1828 One could write extensively and in detail about that phenomenon, but here it’s simple: stirring up mud is always easier than filtering it to absolute clarity. Uniting the masses through hatred is easy - if you understand how those mechanisms work. No other motivation or goal has the same strength and, more importantly, speed of unification. That’s exactly what was done before: the Bolsheviks took advantage of it, then the fascists and national socialists. Incidentally, Trump is following a very similar path now with his “MAGA” movement. This reveals the unique stability of such structures: hatred is always fueled by external pressure. The stronger the outside pressure, the more vivid the xenophobia becomes. This means that if this foundation explodes, it will happen from within. And that pressure might emerge in a truly unexpected place. A mob driven by hatred might demand more violence and blood than the regime is willing - or able - to deliver. That’s the paradox: the regime spent massive resources and effort to stir up this angry mob in order to control it fully, but at some point, it may be unable to satisfy its demands - simply due to objective limitations. And that’s precisely when legitimacy may begin to crack. The masses might turn on the regime not because it took away their freedom or property, but because it failed to deliver blood and violence when the situation seemed to call for it. Just recall how Putin almost lost control during Prigozhin’s mutiny. Prigozhin had every chance to unseat him because he was offering the public more blood and brutality. In the civilized world, Wagner’s sledgehammer executions were viewed with horror, but in Russia, they were met with enthusiasm - those sledgehammers became something like a symbol of power, a modern-day monarch’s scepter. Prigozhin’s mistake wasn’t stopping at the border of the Moscow region - it was in Rostov, where he failed to execute the governor and a few other widely hated officials. And he should have done it publicly, with a sledgehammer - just the way “good Russians” have come to enjoy it. Had he done that, they would have carried him all the way to Moscow and the Kremlin on their shoulders. And if he had continued doing the same to regional governors along the way, Putin would have had no chance - he would have ended up under the sledgehammer in Red Square, on its execution site. In that moment, it became clear that the public’s appetite for violence and blood far exceeded what Putin could offer. What’s more, the bloodthirsty crowd was surprised to see that, during Prigozhin’s bold advance, the “tsar” had completely vanished from the media space. What they expected from him was a gesture like that of Peter the Great, who personally participated in the beheading of the Streltsy rebels - also on Red Square. Either scenario would have satisfied the public, but the show didn’t materialize, and the demand went unmet. Now another chain of events is unfolding, and it's already showing signs that dissatisfaction with Putin - specifically with his display of weakness and lack of commitment to brutality - could, under certain circumstances, cost him the throne, and perhaps even his head.