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I don't think anyone claims Russia or China are democratic. Nor are we planning to add them to the EU or NATO anytime soon.
by morgante 10y ago
I don't think anyone claims Russia or China are democratic. Nor are we planning to add them to the EU or NATO anytime soon.
- rjbwork 10y ago> Nor are we planning to add them to the EU or NATO anytime soon. Well, neither is on the North Atlantic or in Europe. Okay well, Russia sort of is, but...
- morgante 10y agoRussia has just as much claim to being European as Turkey does.
- venomsnake 10y agoSort of? European Russia with Ukraine and Belarus is almost as big as the rest of europe combined
- hx87 10y agoDemocracy and levels of state repression being orthogonal notwithstanding, not being democratic (or a EU/NATO candidate) does not imply that a state is totalitarian.