@cmeio@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish • edit-23 months agoRomanian presidential election is anulledlemmy.worldimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square@Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoWhy can’t the US do the same to Russia’s social media sites? Let them have some political upheaval for a change.
minus-square@Timoth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish30•3 months agoI think this play only works on democratic countries unfortunately.
minus-square@TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish25•3 months agoRussia is very locked down. They regularly ban outside media. On top of that, Putin arrests/assasinates political competition, and puts in place a controlled opposition. And finally, their elections are fake.
minus-square@Maalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoBecause Russia controls these sites and wouldn’t let any sensible opposition in. Putin is trying to be a dictator for life with illusions of democracy (you need to give ambitious people the illusion that they could do something).
minus-square@ECB@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoAs much as many people will dislike the idea: it seems like ‘not letting in foreign sites’ is currently the winning strategy
minus-square@ayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish-4•3 months agoThey don’t even have toilets, let alone internet.
Why can’t the US do the same to Russia’s social media sites? Let them have some political upheaval for a change.
I think this play only works on democratic countries unfortunately.
Russia is very locked down. They regularly ban outside media.
On top of that, Putin arrests/assasinates political competition, and puts in place a controlled opposition.
And finally, their elections are fake.
Because Russia controls these sites and wouldn’t let any sensible opposition in. Putin is trying to be a dictator for life with illusions of democracy (you need to give ambitious people the illusion that they could do something).
As much as many people will dislike the idea: it seems like ‘not letting in foreign sites’ is currently the winning strategy
We don’t have elections
They don’t even have toilets, let alone internet.
*shits comment on lemmy*
Funny tho.