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No, but it's not uniquely dictatorial either. It's a very similar setup to the US, where your vote doesn't really mean anything because a small circle of the rich elite decide everything that happens. If anything, it seems like Russians care more about violence against Putin's political enemies because it is at a talking point in Russian politics. Americans watch anyone who could be a threat to the American elite get imprisoned and killed and forced into poverty or hiding and don't give a shit
The mentalities of the people are very different between Russia and the US.
If you ask any Russian how would they feel if the Soviet Union were to come back tomorrow, at least half of them would be fine with it. They may not love it, but they’d be OK with it. You’d be hard pressed to find one out of ten Americans who would even entertain the idea of a Soviet America. They’d rather have fascism than having the thought of becoming a “commie”.