Funnily enough satisfaction levels aren’t that high in Russia either (it’s a capitalist bourgeois “democracy” as much as Spain or the USA). The overwhelming majority of people in Russia who lived during Socialism (and in Ukraine up to 2013 for that matter), when polled, confirm that life was better under communism.
If you want to look at countries with a high rate of satisfaction with government, you should check out the governance systems of China and Vietnam. Pew Research polls consistently classify those countries as the ones with the highest number of people being satisfied with government.
I understand the point, but this “whataboutism” with Russia was dumb. Nobody is setting the example of Russia as a paradise to live in, I brought up better examples
Yeah… we all wished we were Russian 😮💨
Why is every westerner only capable of deflection and never introspection? It’s actually embarrassing to witness.
It’s the whataboutism they so gladly point out only when it suits them
My sibling in christ, you made the country.
Funnily enough satisfaction levels aren’t that high in Russia either (it’s a capitalist bourgeois “democracy” as much as Spain or the USA). The overwhelming majority of people in Russia who lived during Socialism (and in Ukraine up to 2013 for that matter), when polled, confirm that life was better under communism.
If you want to look at countries with a high rate of satisfaction with government, you should check out the governance systems of China and Vietnam. Pew Research polls consistently classify those countries as the ones with the highest number of people being satisfied with government.
I think the point is, no one is claiming they want to live in Russia or approve of Putin, in general.
I understand the point, but this “whataboutism” with Russia was dumb. Nobody is setting the example of Russia as a paradise to live in, I brought up better examples
Yeah… about 40 years ago, that is. We don’t wish we lived in modern Russia, we wish we lived in the Soviet Union.
No, not really
Speak for yourself. Maybe you libs don’t, but us commies sure do.
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Russia is not a democracy either. Their political system is pretty much the same as America’s.