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> countries like Russia, Zimbabwe, Turkey etc - where elections are a farce You underestimate the propaganda of Erdoğan, Putin and the likes. Elections themsel
by patates 8y ago
> countries like Russia, Zimbabwe, Turkey etc - where elections are a farce
You underestimate the propaganda of Erdoğan, Putin and the likes. Elections themselves can be actually 100% proper - but for example in Turkey's case, 90% of the media is owned by pro-government people (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Turkey - Demirören group is managed by this guy: https://www.haber61.net/images/upload/erdogan_demiroren_basbakan.jpg https://www.haber61.net/images/upload/erdogan_demiroren_basb.... And Çalık is managed by Erdoğan's relatives). Same story applies to many of the dictatorships.