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Oh it’s from the Russian government, so you KNOW it’s trustworthy.
by NotYourLawyer 3y ago
Oh it’s from the Russian government, so you KNOW it’s trustworthy.
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- chrisfinazzo 3y agoIf you talk to certain old people - like my parents, one is 70 and other will hit the mark this November - they might say, "Russia? Like, the KGB?" and then I can quote Robbie Coltrane's Valentin in The World is Not Enough... "Now it's FSB. Federal Security Bureau. Same friendly service with a new name."
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoName me one government that is trustworthy.
- NotYourLawyer 3y agoThere are degrees of trustworthiness.
- saiya-jin 3y agoNope. Either there is trust, period, or there isn't. In this case there simply isn't, and if you are non-US person then US government definitely 100% falls into that category. We don't have same human rights you have as per US laws god dammit, how can we talk about any trust here. Our interest are momentarily aligned is the best we can go for. Which is not the end of the world in any means, but lets be factual and act accordingly.
- mmastrac 3y agoThat's a classic false dilemma. While the US government is not perfect by far and has MANY flaws, the Russian government is an entirely different level of corrupt.
- impeplague 3y agoUS corruption is a worldwide operation effort. Russia's is at best significant on Eurasia and US. It will take Putin some time to reach US level.
- myko 3y agoPutin will never reach that level because he's destroyed his soft power and set Russia back decades.
- throwaway290 3y agoA government that maintains a procedure for regular peaceful replacement of itself?
- seanw444 3y agoYou totally couldn't exploit that, right?
- throwaway29812 3y agoYou can exploit anything, what's your point? There is still a fundamental difference at play.
- sampa 3y agoreplacing talking heads from 2 parties (that you are allowed to choose from) does not equal replacing government
- throwaway29812 3y agoAre you implying there was no fundamental difference between the Obama and Trump governments? Clinton and Bush?
- sampa 3y agofundamental, of course, no. you're allowed to choose from 2 parties, thinking you're making a difference.
- throwaway29812 3y agoPeople that did or did not go to war, went without then obtained health care coverage I think would disagree with you. Perhaps you were never in danger of any of those things, thus to you, there was/is no difference.
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