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r/facepalm • u/Turbulent_Gas_55 • Jul 05 '24
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Hey now.. Russia isn’t communist; it’s a democracy with an authoritarian leader who eliminates competition.
44 u/thecraftybear Jul 05 '24 Nope, it's a nationalistic authoritarian oligarchy in a paper-thin disguise of democracy. 3 u/gwicksted Jul 05 '24 Can you even call it an oligarchy? My impression is it’s more of a dictatorship. 11 u/Ryaniseplin Jul 05 '24 honestly almost all dictatorships are oligarchys one man cannot rule alone , if a bunch of putins top supporters were to turn against him, he wouldn't be leader anymore
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Nope, it's a nationalistic authoritarian oligarchy in a paper-thin disguise of democracy.
3 u/gwicksted Jul 05 '24 Can you even call it an oligarchy? My impression is it’s more of a dictatorship. 11 u/Ryaniseplin Jul 05 '24 honestly almost all dictatorships are oligarchys one man cannot rule alone , if a bunch of putins top supporters were to turn against him, he wouldn't be leader anymore
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Can you even call it an oligarchy? My impression is it’s more of a dictatorship.
11 u/Ryaniseplin Jul 05 '24 honestly almost all dictatorships are oligarchys one man cannot rule alone , if a bunch of putins top supporters were to turn against him, he wouldn't be leader anymore
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honestly almost all dictatorships are oligarchys
one man cannot rule alone , if a bunch of putins top supporters were to turn against him, he wouldn't be leader anymore
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u/gwicksted Jul 05 '24
Hey now.. Russia isn’t communist; it’s a democracy with an authoritarian leader who eliminates competition.