re: #128 William Lewis

Of course, the bitterest irony for the unfortunate … “usual suspect” being questioned is that the interrogator probably has the same truths about himself in Putivania …

It will be the same as it’s always been: The immediate question will be “Who did this?,” but the question that always follows is “Who let this happen?” The people at the bottom will point up the chain, saying they sounded the alarms and their superiors ignored them. And the people at the top will be desperate to find a scapegoat to excuse their interest in their own looting of the state. Eventually they’ll find some middle-manager who profited off the inattention of those above him and exploited those below him to line his pockets, drag him into a dimly-lit room to put his nuts in a vice, and tighten until eventually he “confesses” and begs Comrade Putin for leniency. If he’s lucky, he’ll just be forced to retire in disgrace and lose his cushy life. If he’s not, he’ll end up in a government prison for a very long time. Either way, the people will be satisfied that the person “responsible” has been punished and that the state is now “safe” again.