Posted on 01/11/2024 2:37:42 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Yes, Russia is an epitome of democracy, Navalny, Yashin, Kara-Murza and the rest all supporting your admiration, even from their oh-so-comfortable cells!
😂
“Putin welcomes constructive criticism. He calls it his open window policy.”
Now that is funny! Thanks I needed to laugh tonight. :D
“Yes, Russia is an epitome of democracy, Navalny, Yashin, Kara-Murza and the rest all supporting your admiration, even from their oh-so-comfortable cells!”
marcusmaximus: Thanks for posting.
exinnj: Truly appreciate your truthful comment
Ukraine who we support because of democracy:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/17/ukraine-elections-war-russia-zelensky/ cancels elections.
https://www.axios.com/2022/03/20/ukraine-ban-political-parties-russian-ties bans 11 opposition parties.
Journalists that ask the wrong questions, even before the war: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-confirms-american-journalist-detained-in-ukraine/ and today: https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-12-10-0319/ukraine-war-musk-asks-zelensky-about-imprisoned-american-journalist-after
Radio stations and news papers get shut down if they say the wrong things: (past 2004) https://www.rferl.org/a/1051771.html and present https://www.thedailybeast.com/ekho-moskvy-forced-to-shut-down-after-being-pulled-from-airwaves
In fact, in the free, democratic, transparent (where casualty reports are a state secret) Ukraine, if you so much as own a HAM radio and dare say something or listen to the wrong thing, you are breaking the law! https://www.dx-world.net/amateur-radio-ban-ukraine/
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/least-10-opposition-figures-have-died-ukraine-just-year/
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231206-pro-russia-ukrainian-politician-shot-dead-near-moscow
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/opposition-mayor-ukrainian-city-found-dead-2021-08-15/
Funny thing is, in Russia Putin actually faces political opponents that are alive, the opposition party isn’t banned, the elections are being held, TV/print/radio discusses them, journalists actually tearing into Putin are not going to prison, and the topic of the war isn’t off limits (one of the parties is running on an outright anti-war platform). How can that be?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Russian_presidential_election
We need to cause a war to have peace. NATO expansion.
A proxy state where we call all the shots and hand pick its leadership, which is dependant on us is sovereign.
A country without elections, that banns 11 parties, has a string of political assassinations, closes newspapers and radio stations, jails reporters that dare say the wrong thing is democratic.
***Doesn’t all this sound a little 1984ish?***
I’m starting to think that whatever my government says, regardless what it is, the opposite is true.
Inflation reduction act
Patriot act
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