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I don't think that is what he is talking about. The idea is everyone (Russia, West, China) is terrified of what happens if Russia decapitates itself when the population realizes how inept and corrupt Dump, sorry, Putin is. The fact of a stable government in exile that is coordinating and preparing makes it less scary. This is what de Gaulle did with France during WW2, as well as several other Nazi-occupied governments. Portugal did it in Brazil during the Napoleanic wars.
It might not be the worst thing to try to plan ahead with Slave States here, in case they go into civil disorder if their population ever realizes just how they have been used by the GOP. Our local feudal states are something we take for granted because they have existed for our entire lives. But things change, and it is possible they will reach a crisis. It can't be fun being trapped in the 16th century.
It is what Project Valkyrie in WW2 was attempting to do only instead of setting up the shadow government first they did it almost in tandem which is why when the bomb didn't go off correctly they werent in a position to still make it work. They waited too long to get it going and their desperation cost them what would have been a much better ending to the war for Germany.