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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] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it is basically the same as the US. They have material interests that diverge from ours so we hate them. They might also not like us because they don't trust us. However I don't think that would hold up if we just bought them out. I think that just by accident of not likening us they do good work sometimes, however I think they are basically a fully modern neoliberal democracy.