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But russia is a democracy though. The problem with living in a "cozy democracy" is that you are brainwashed far worse than those living in "authoritarian" count
by qiskit 5y ago
But russia is a democracy though. The problem with living in a "cozy democracy" is that you are brainwashed far worse than those living in "authoritarian" countries like russia, china, etc.
Have you ever considered that most russians, chinese, etc support their governments? Do you think when most russians hear NATO is expanding into ukraine, they're celebrating? Do you think everytime we antagonize china with taiwan, the chinese population celebrates it?
What's incredibly contemptuous is the idea that russians, chinese, iranians, etc don't have any agency. On average, I'd say russians, chinese, iranians, etc are better educated, smarter and politically aware than the brainwashed masses in a "cozy democracy" - whatever that means.
- chinathrow 5y ago> But russia is a democracy though. Citation needed.
- jacquesm 5y ago> But russia is a democracy though. Democracies don't jail the opposition party leaders.
- qiskit 5y agoRussia is proof that democracies do. Your own argument disproves your response. Democracies jail opposition, democracies commit genocide, democracies censor newspapers, democracies enslave people, democracies invade and overthrow other democracies, democracies attack and harass journalists, etc. Not sure where you got the notion that democracies are perfect.
- jacquesm 5y agoDemocracy has a lower bound. That lower bound is not sham elections. Otherwise we might as well welcome North Korea amongst the democracies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea
- nybble41 5y agoRight, democracy is not nearly enough. It's more important to have a culture which values civil liberty—this is where Russia fails.