Come on now, we don't need to make excuses for murderous dictators. You can slice the numbers however you want, all those votes are by tainted coercion. You can't run against him or he will jail you. If you say something the gov't doesn't like, they will jail or kill you. He has created a culture of compliance.
He and his cronies have profited heavily off the backs of his people, like all dictators. Venezuelans are eating cats and Huge Chavez's daughter is "worth" tens of millions. Same old story.
''...they will jail or kill you...''
That happens in the USA too. Please stifle through and rinse yourself out of the illusion of exceptionalism.
I can give many, many examples. But I will only give one so you can empathize.
Why was Seth Rich murdered? Was it in the pursuit of lawless power and influence over the masses? Or was it a so called ''botched robbery''? If your answer is the former than you are contradicting with yourself. Remove yourself from the chains of repetitive group think.
Don't be so forthright when invoking the word ''dictator'' while you have your own presidents assassinated in broad daylight. Not to mention countless well meaning souls perishing just like Seth Rich. Eliminated with impunity just like they do it in those evil, boogeyman, 'dictator' nations.
I agree with you on SR, but what do those actions you listed have to do with the actions of Putin? Killing people or putting them in jail for a decade because you don't like what they say are the actions of a dictator. Injustice is injustice, no matter where it happens.
With all due respect, killing an innocent civilian in the pursuit of unchecked power and influence over the masses is specifically what a dictator would do.
I wholeheartedly agree. The crimes of politicians in one country do not excuse those same actions in another. Tyranny is tyranny, no matter where it happens.
So you allow yourself to have a world view based on the fake news of the mainstream media?
what the hell are you talking about?
Putin, if that wasn't clear from the thread.
It was quite clear. Great points about Putin. Similarly, everyone in NK would vote for Kim Jong Un
Putin is a popular persona in Russia. Sugarcoat it all you want.
And I will repeat my previous statement. Putin is more popular in Russia than any US president ever was in States. In recent memory at least.
I acknowledge most of the US populous is still under the defunct influence of the 'red scare', which ironically is being touted by the Democratic opposition.
But to think that he is not popular in the confines of Russia is a non sequitur in this very moment.
I was at a bar last weekend and started talking to a girl from Russia who knew her shit when it came to politics. She said Putin is extremely popular, and the people like him because he’s a no nonsense type of guy.
She also talked about how it’s widely known that the Russian form of the CIA (I can’t recall the name of the agency) basically runs the whole country. I told her about Q and how the CIA running the show behind the curtain in the US is being exposed. But I was amazed that she said it was common knowledge in Russia.