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It's the line that Putin and Lavrov (foreign minister) have been pushing since forever: "you westerners are no better than us, stop shaming us for the shady thi
by raquo 9y ago
It's the line that Putin and Lavrov (foreign minister) have been pushing since forever: "you westerners are no better than us, stop shaming us for the shady things that we do". That's an easy way to keep your population happy – tell them that life is no better in other countries. Corruption is everywhere, police state is everywhere, etc. And most Russians believe that.
- Sommersonn 9y agoThere's a definition for that: "reverse cargo cult". Russians are told to believe that Westerners build their planes from branches and dirt too - but Westerners pretend better.
- marksomnian 9y agoWhataboutwhataboutism-ism.
- bitJericho 9y agoWell it's true in the us, Russia, china, Australia. That's not everywhere but that is quite a lot of ground.
- Retric 9y agoRussia does not have actual meaningful elections. That's a fairly fundamental difference.
- 0xbear 9y agoNeither does the US really, in the sense that no matter who wins, you lose.
- bitJericho 9y agoIt's true. You can only win an election with piles of money. With gerrymandering and lying. The US government is a train wreck