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Your metric is too simplistic. I'm not an expert in 1933 German politics, but the Russian state is quite involved in engineering the appearance of political cho
by ak217 3y ago
Your metric is too simplistic. I'm not an expert in 1933 German politics, but the Russian state is quite involved in engineering the appearance of political choice. The FSB and friends ("siloviki") do hands-on screening of candidates from KPRF, LDPR, etc. and coercing of voters (using the "administrative resource" as they call it) and fabricating election results. The Duma has been nearly 100% ER and friends for a very long time now - representatives ("deputies") who don't fall in line are ejected, prosecuted, and sent to prison. The same thing happens with gubernatorial elections (which are a much more obvious sham as they don't have even an appearance of being binding) and local assembly elections as needed (sometimes leading to hilarious/tragic results as the FSB realizes that a particular assembly has gotten too independent).
- 082349872349872 3y agoThanks, and serendipitously, that also explains both the absent mayor and the general hilarious/tragic atmosphere of petty larceny in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1J5lUKnD4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1J5lUKnD4I ...