I had a discussion with some friends about how impressive it is that Putin can do so many outrageous things and the world doesn’t stop him. Clear election fraud, assassinating foreigners, invading Crimea, etc. there are very few other countries that get free passes like Putin does.
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#13I had a discussion with some friends about how impressive it is that Putin can do so many outrageous things and the world doesn’t stop him. Clear election fraud, assassinating foreigners, invading Crimea, etc. there are very few other countries that get free passes like Putin does.
Wish Russia was the only country with this. Many politicians all over the world do similar stuff and the only way I think would "change" things might be the public being more educated about who these politicians really are and have a new paradigm about the view of a "country" and politics.
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#14I had a discussion with some friends about how impressive it is that Putin can do so many outrageous things and the world doesn’t stop him. Clear election fraud, assassinating foreigners, invading Crimea, etc. there are very few other countries that get free passes like Putin does.
A doomsday nuclear Arsenal can do that
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#15hmm reminds me of some videos from the US election...
Show us the one where someone deliberately covers a camera with a mop.
You don't need to cover cameras with mops when you empty poll workers out of the building for a mysterious burst pipe for which there doesn't appear to be any actual evidence of damage...among many other suspicious behaviors, documented on videos that are gradually being scrubbed from the web for "misinformation".
Its amazing how people can see these things happening in countries like Russia but then confidently declare that no such manipulation occurred here.
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#16I had a discussion with some friends about how impressive it is that Putin can do so many outrageous things and the world doesn’t stop him. Clear election fraud, assassinating foreigners, invading Crimea, etc. there are very few other countries that get free passes like Putin does.
I don't think this is any surprise really. Russia is still a big, powerful country, and the West has changed it's attitude so that it's less concerned about things that don't directly challenge its interests.
I mean, China gets away with much worse I think (Uyghurs, South China Ses belligerence, Hong Kong, etc.), and they get little substantive pushback for the same reason as Russia.
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#17Election in Canada today unrelated to OP.
Irresponsible, even if in jest.
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#18Wow! Russia is just like the US!
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#19From the high score but low placement on the HN page, I’m guessing this is being heavily flagged.
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#20I had a discussion with some friends about how impressive it is that Putin can do so many outrageous things and the world doesn’t stop him. Clear election fraud, assassinating foreigners, invading Crimea, etc. there are very few other countries that get free passes like Putin does.
Other countries don't have nuclear weapons and can't unilaterally turn off Europe's gas supply. This makes Russia less ripe for "regime change".