• EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Acting like it’s not common practice in all western democracies to deny people from being listed on ballots due to bureaucratic technicalities. They all do it.

      There are like 2 dozen candidates in the 2024 US general presidential election who will not be listed on any ballots for far less legitimate reasons. Candidates get dropped because they would make the list too long.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      I’m pretty sure the average liberal thinks this was supposed to be an election between Navalny and Putin. That’s how misinformed they are.

      You’re also right. Putin is massively popular in Russia at a level libs can’t seem to comprehend. The only major opposition he has involve the communists, but they mostly align with Putin’s foreign policy anyway. Most polls show Putin with a 85% approval rating and libs will always think numbers like that are unfair or fabricated.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        I’m uncertain if American libs can even conceptualize the idea of a popular government with broad public support. They seem to think that winning more than 55% of votes means the election was rigged and that if a government has an approval rating about 30% they’re faking the poles.

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          it’s polls, unless you mean the Russians are creating fake Polish people, which would admittedly be a noteworthy discovery

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      “Sure whatever, now admit the state of democracy in your western country is about the same or worse and how that is the problem, Putin isn’t special.”

      Hey wait but isn’t that almost a whataboutism??? CHECKMATE TANKIE

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      now admit the state of democracy in your western country is about the same or worse and how that is the problem, Putin isn’t special

      Getting this through people’s skulls (in Russia too) is such a monstrous task, feels like a sysiphean labour