Putin superou Max Weber. Trump também: o modo mafioso de exercer poder - Debate no X

 Max Weber, em sua tipologia ideal das formas de dominação —  os três “ideal typus” da dominação tradicional, carismática e racional-legal — não tinha imaginado esse modo putinesco de exercer o poder, mesmo quando ele escreveu sobre as etapas iniciais do poder bolchevique:

Paulo Roberto de Almeida 

(Seguindo um debate no X iniciado por ChrisO_wiki)

To be clear, what Vance is describing here is a Putin-style system of state capitalism. Oligarchs have to align themselves with Kremlin priorities to maintain their wealth and influence. If they challenge the state, they face bogus investigations and pressure to force them out.

JD Vance identifying himself as part of "the postliberal right" and saying, "there is no meaningful distinction between the public and the private sector in the American regime" at a May 2023 ISI event with his friends Patrick Deneen & Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts.

Loyal oligarchs are rewarded with access to state contracts or monopolistic opportunities, creating a symbiotic relationship between private wealth and state power. They can only operate within strict boundaries set by the state, such as the ban on "promoting LGBT".

They are kept in line by government regulations, tax policies, and selective law enforcement to discipline them and ensure their alignment with state goals. That's how Russia ensures there is "no meaningful distinction between the public and the private sector".

Needless to say, it's a system which guarantees a high level of corruption and cronyism. The government chooses who wins and loses, purely on political grounds, regardless of actual market conditions.

How this ends up is visible from what Russia is currently going through. "Raiders" supported by the Kremlin are seizing companies arbitrarily to bring them under the control of Putin's allies. It's leading to much of the economy coming under the control of a few powerful people.

Russian political system is fundamentally different. It’s an oligarchical authoritarian system with kleptocratic undertones presenting as a de facto democracy, which it isn’t. State and personal self interests are intertwined. US political system is very different. Currently.

How this ends up is visible from what Russia is currently going through. "Raiders" supported by the Kremlin are seizing companies arbitrarily to bring them under the control of Putin's allies. It's leading to much of the economy coming under the control of a few powerful people.

It won't be excessively difficult to close the gap, seeing as the US is already a substantial distance down that particular road.

PRA: A Rússia de Putin é claramente um cleptocracia orwelliana. Os EUA de Trump são uma plutocracia que o laranjão quer transformar em uma autocracia mafiosa, como é o seu estilo de trabalho de tipo mafioso.

Um Brasil minimamente comprometido com seus valores e princípios democráticos e humanistas deveria claramente se afastar de qualquer intimidade, aliança ou simples convivência com esses dois impérios nefastos à moral pública.

Paulo Roberto de Almeida

Brasília, 8/08/2025