Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "What Were the Actual Results in Russia’s Election?" video.

  1. If I recall, Putin won by 87%, now does that sound like a fair election?, to put it another time, when was the last time you remember seeing anyone win an election by that percentage in a democracy? It's almost impossible or at the very least, very rare, even landslides are quite rare and they are only around 70% It's highly unlikely that 87% of the votes went to Putin if the democracy was fair, which we know it wasn't because opponents could not compete without fear of being killed or jailed, in other words, Putin got 100% of the vote and there was no risk of him losing the election, it was all designed for show to the Russian people to make them think they have a say, they don't, hence the 87% was to make it seem voters could vote for others, and the reality is, it was a forgone conclusion, we all knew Putin won before the election started, because Russia is a dictatorship. Still I do find it amusing how the state has to try and make it seem legitimate to the people by having an election, the state is taking the Russian people for fools, and you really do have to wonder with its history, when are the Russian people going to wake up and fight for better conditions for themselves, history does suggest that the Russian people prefer to be ruled over them to control their own lives, which is a shame, because Russia as a country, has so much potential, but it's never going to realise that potential under a dictatorship, after all, countries that are democracies are not so power and rich by chance, they are because the state empowers the people, and the real power is the people. Putin likely inflated the numbers because he wants to conscript more Russians into the war, he'll probably use this popularity as a motive to do so, the real problem for Putin, one the one end, the election likes to show he's popular, but if the Russian people protest or riot in big numbers because of not wanting to be part of the war, it would suggest that he's nowhere near as popular as the election makes out, after all, with that level of popularity, there should be very little resistance to the government, so it's going to be interesting to see how desperate Putin gets over the coming years.
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