09-07-2020, 07:32 AM
(09-05-2020, 02:27 PM)Isoko Wrote: Nothing has actually changed in Russia...
The above is at least partially true. Another perspective is that Russians will tolerate bad government without doing something about it. Putin might launch an invasion and and get sanctions that cripple his economy, but double down on his mistake. Sanctions indefinitely. Still president for life? Trump might blow the response to COVID, and be out after four years. Autocratic rule does have its advantages. You can, for example, enforce stricter precautions against COVID. Still, some democratic governments have done well against COVID.
I’ll still go with democracy, human rights, equality and justice. In abstract I can be a fan of such things. In practice, I can’t see the path for places like Russia and China to move on. Fortunately, I am more an interested observer than a practitioner. I can type "We'll see." and act patient.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.