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Is Russia 'democratic'? (lemmygrad.ml)

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Are the libs right when they call Russia an authoritarian dictatorship? I know there have been political assassinations and other such things, but that's not special to Russia. Are the libs just overreacting or am i overcorrecting myself?

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago

Liberal political scientists would call it an illiberal or managed democracy - substantially oligarchic or authoritarian, but maintaining the forms of democracy. The democratic forms legitimate the government but don't significantly affect policy.

I think that's accurate, but they tend to ignore how accurately the same framework describes the US as well.