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Russia can do it without any backlash from their citizens. U.S. can't do it to their own citizens without backlash. Differences in representation of population
by devwastaken 5y ago
Russia can do it without any backlash from their citizens. U.S. can't do it to their own citizens without backlash. Differences in representation of population means different incentives.
- rat9988 5y agoThe only backlash I saw is the backlash to snowden from its own country.
- monetus 5y agoThat is just silly, and has to be said in bad faith. Are you serious?
- rat9988 5y agoI do.
- PoignardAzur 5y agoWhere's the bad faith? The US and its allies pulled down the plane of the fucking president of Bolivia to catch Snowden. Those are not the actions of the state worried about public perception, except in a "silence the dissidents" sense.
- 8note 5y agoHe's still living in Russia in fear for going back to the US
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoBacklash after the wikileaks? What backlash? FISA courts? Gag orders? Just call the "other guys" terrorists, nazis, whatever, and americans can occupy and bomb whatever country they want (and they did that to many countries) withot any backlash. Gone are the days of the hippies and anti-war-anything... sadly. I was kinda hoping for a "revolution" in one of the european countries (eg france) during covid, where people would "remove" the current government, and make the other governments atleast worry a bit when their people get mad... but sadly, not even that.