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Russians prefer a cleptocratic government with Putin than a cleptocratic government without Putin. There are no non-cleptocratic governments in the world. Power
by alexro 12y ago
Russians prefer a cleptocratic government with Putin than a cleptocratic government without Putin. There are no non-cleptocratic governments in the world. Power corrups ... you know the rest of this, right?
- vdaniuk 12y agoJust stop this craptastic argument of "every government is the same". Another favorite argument taken directly from putinbots social media guidance. And stop using strawman arguments. No government is perfect but there are degrees of corruption in the government. Russian government is extremely corrupt, Iceland government is a little bit corrupt. One is better than another. God, do I really have to post trivia on HN?
- alexro 12y agoDon't think trivial and you'll be safe. There are degrees of corruption between of the biggest countries and the tiny ones, but not so much inside the group. The methods vary, of course.
- mercurial 12y agoYou have plenty of small, extremely corrupt countries as well.
- Schwoisser 12y agoBut smaller countries tend to do better.