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And the reason they haven't had an elections is because they don't want this guy to be in charge?
I wonder if I'll be down voted?
You're saying that of they held an election, people would either vote for Putin or someone that is pro Russia? I thought Ukraine was united against him.....
This totally makes sense if we consider the fact that many westerners don't consider nonwesterners to be people.
Colonizers can't choose the presidents of sovereign nations anymore, the people there do the choosing now, and that makes the colonizers furious.
140% of the people choose Putin every time
My favorite trope is how libs will inevitably start screeching about Russia when faced with the fact that their ideology is midwifing fascism.
everyone who dislikes oligofascism is a lib, lada is a premium auto brand, salo is dog food, we need to send our notorious skinhead division to defeat them because they are skinheads, etc
Anybody who starts talking about Russia to distract from what's happening in their own liberal state descending into fascism is indeed a lib. It's amazing how intellectually impoverished you people are that you think your transparent straw man is going to convince anyone. Nobody was talking about Russia here at all. It doesn't matter what Russia is like, that's not the standard you're being held to. But of course liberal have no standards and stand for absolutely nothing.
What I find more amusing is that either is idiots trying to talk about Putin/Russia or people focusing on "doesn't hold elections", few people talking about the other leaders with abysmal approval.
It's always deflection with libs, these people are utterly incapable of honestly engaging with any criticism.
Maybe i can think your meme is dumb while also agreeing that the people pictured are libs that I don't like. I just don't like dishonesty and your meme is just a dishonest smear instead of something with legitimate or logical basis. You're crowing about how societies self-govern while under invasion and idk how anyone other than fellow leftists are supposed to glean any meaning from this. How would your society select its leaders and continue to operate under such circumstances? I'm noticing the lack of any ideas being expressed here other than "liberals bad", which we all already know. This meme is just a lazy preach-to-the-choir meme and a waste of your propaganda efforts, really.
The only dishonesty here is in your own comment. We know what alternative systems to liberalism are, and there existing socialist states today. Pretending like nothing better is possible and nobody is offering any alternatives is the height of dishonesty.
I wasn't aware that intergalactic law required all elections to include Vladimir Putin on the ballot. And are you suggesting everybody would vote for him if he was an option?
Yes, I think they are trying to say people would vote pro-russian (which they did, hence the maidan coup), but Putin bad because no democracy, so therefore Ukraine had to get rid of democracy, to save democracy. Perfectly good lib logic.
I'm so tired of doing a poll at work for where to get lunch and Putin winning.
He does make a good borscht.
whataboutism
Putin was chosen by Russian oligarchs after the second sovereign default in 10 years.
He used to carry luggage for the mayor of St Petersburg, Sobchak.
An Islamic caliphate started a civil war in the South of Russia before he was chosen, this is why Russian oligarchs needed a man with a military backgound.