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It's going to take many decades to repair the damage Putin has done to whatever form of democracy Russia had before him. But Russians are just as much for blam
by mtgx 10y ago
It's going to take many decades to repair the damage Putin has done to whatever form of democracy Russia had before him.
But Russians are just as much for blame for wanting a "strong leader" (as in ruling with an iron fist). This is the type of thing such strong leaders do.
- curried_haskell 10y agoYeah, the Russian media certainly plays a big role in this, and while I can't speak for all of them, many of the Russians and Ukrainians I've spoken to are incredibly cynical about it. They see democracy as a farce used by the ruling class to manipulate people, because that's what it's been in their world, and instead they would rather have a strong and competent dictator.
- jdimov10 10y agoRussia has NEVER had any kind of democracy, so Putin can not really have damaged anything that wasn't there. Russian people have, for many centuries, accepted only authoritarian rule. On a tangent.. I am yet to find anyone who can actually give me an example of a working democracy. I believe the concept is flawed and either mis-used or abused by everyone who has ever used the term in a political (as opposed to academic) setting.
- varjag 10y agoI'm going to spare you the mundane instances of working democracy throughout pretty much all of the West. But you can undeniably see democracy in action whenever a change feverishly opposed by an establishment happens anyway through a due process. E.g. exiting EU or nominating a raving populist as a presidential candidate.
- simbalion 10y agoStar wars?
- supergirl 10y agowhat does democracy in Russia or Putin have to do with this? you think a western or whatever state would never pass such a law?