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daydrinkingchickadee@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 5 days ago

Putin blames West for 2014 'coup' in Kiev as 'root cause' of Ukraine crisis

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The Russian president also says the Euro-Atlantic world order has ‘outlived its usefulness’ at the SCO Summit in China.
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    Sorry, but nothing you said is uncommon in your democratic countries

    Use a loophole to run for a third term of presidency by becoming prime minister.

    Macron used a loophole to do a very unpopular retirement pension reform bypassing congress.

    Rewrite the constitution during your third term to remove your term limit.

    Didn’t know amending the constitution or re-writing it was anti-democratic. Then no democratic country would ever pass this test.

    Jail your political opponents.

    Like Ukraine did? https://apnews.com/article/europe-ukraine-arrests-business-government-and-politics-f50da684fab61add42348d276482477c

    Or like Germany is doing right now?

    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-crackdown-israel-gaza-jewish-activist

    Assassinate critics.

    Learn about COINTELPRO.

    Only allow approved opposition to run.

    Ukraine again:

    https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/21/why-did-ukraine-suspend-11-pro-russia-parties

    Brutally crush any democratic protests.

    Can you not see what is happening right now to anti-genocide protesters? Also what about Odessa massacre?

    https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-odessa-trade-union-massacre-ten-years-later/

    Force government employees to vote for you.

    AFAIK, vote is still done in secrecy in Russia.

    Start a war to rally support for yourself.

    Like, the Iraqi, Lybia, Afghanistan and Iran wars? Or Yugoslavia?

    Take lots of weird, shirtless, old-man photos.

    I think you have some kind of kink with Putin, why does this have anything to do with being democratic or not?

    TLDR;

    That said, the points you listed are not uncommon in any democratic countries. Unless you say that no country is democratic, therefore I will agree with you. Neither Russia nor any other country in the West or in any part in the world is actually democratic.

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