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That may be the very long run. Taking it strictly, Russia never had real democracy. And they are trying hard to export that model.


Define "real democracy"


Like the American one where unelected billionaires control the government and the populace.

I always find it so surprising how people really do believe individuals have any real power despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

It's a capitalist society so capital is power. Doesn't get simpler than that. Voting is the circus to distract us so we don't realize how much we're being exploited, while giving a sense of agency that simply does not exist.

We can choose but they pick the choices we have.


> It's a capitalist society so capital is power.

Precisely.




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