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Russia 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 o
by jdimov10 10y ago
Russia 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?