Comments by "" (@badluck5647) on "Why Autocracies Have Elections: How Strongmen Exploit Voting for Their Own Gain" video.

  1. A Russian political scientist just sounds depressing.
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  2.  @Ravi9A  Eliminating the opposition to retain a kleptocracy and arresting anyone who reports the truth while pretending to be a democracy is the most cynical political system on Earth.
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  3. Make Autocrats Great Again MAGA
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  4. RFK is a liberal who embraces far-right conspiracies. His base is only dozens of people.
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  5. When the CCP chooses which parties can run, then why even have other parties?
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  6.  @Ravi9A  Killing and banning the opposition so the elites can retain control of their kleptocracy is hardly an "honest" system. Spreading lies through state owned media while criminalizing anyone who reports the truth is hardly an "honest" system.
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  7.  @Ravi9A  Even the name "Russian Federation" is a lie as states aren't even allowed to choose their own representatives. Instead, the governors are appointed by and answer to Moscow.
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  8.  @constantinethecataphract5949  It is insane to make a flase equivalency between political campaigning of the West and the violence used by autocrats. Anyone who argues moral relativism is a person who tries to defend their immorality without any real defense of their misdeads.
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  9. Putin's first election could be considered free and fair. (Of course, his false flag attack against a Russian apartment complex helped him.)
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  10. ​ @haramsaddam238 To rig the system in America, it would require Democrat observers, Republican observers, election workers, Secretary of States, the media, and anyone with internet access to watch the vote tallying to all agree to work together to rig an election and to keep it a secret.
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  11. Trump - Putin 2024 🇷🇺🇨🇳 Make Autocrats Great Again MAGA
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