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Is Russia 'democratic'? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought it was the other way around. The US is the future of Russia, assuming no major changes in the global order.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In terms of anti-LGBT and other anti-progressive rights, Russia is way ahead of the US. Not even comparable.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's probably fair. I was thinking that the US is ahead of Russia in regards to erasing any class consciousness in their population.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Because Russia is on the outskirts of the empire, while the US is the empire.