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Clearly Putin. If you make democracy look untenable it becomes less threatening to an autocrat.
by redwood 10y ago
Clearly Putin. If you make democracy look untenable it becomes less threatening to an autocrat.
- fixxer 10y agoOr me, since I want isolation and fewer ties to Europe.
- CCing 10y agoWhy ?
- fixxer 10y agoI don't support free trade when the comparative advantage is the cost of labor. I don't support Europe's socialist ideals. Edit: awww, downvote. One less fake internet point :(
- jpkeisala 10y agoWhat do you mean by Europe's socialist ideals?
- ItendToDisagree 10y agoHe means having a social safety net and ensuring that those who are less fortunate in life actually have healthcare (among other things).
- gertef 10y agoPutin is not the only autocrat or autocrat-wannabe. Not even close. There's shades of a tech anology: remember teh 1990s when Microsoft was the big bad monopoly, and it crushed competitors such as democratic Linux, and also... Apple, who would have been the same monopoly or worse, if only they hadn't lost to Microsoft
- cloakandswagger 10y agoIt only took two minutes for someone to answer a clearly rhetorical question.
- davesque 10y agoI suppose it's still worth stating explicitly.