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what political system does russia employ?

Russian Democracy.

That depends on what you consider strong.

Russia's politics aren't a great thing in my eyes. They use propaganda to elude their people. There is a lot of secrecy of their inner workings. The same leader has been in post for a very long time, causing public outrage, yet nothing was done about it. Public surveillance is normal, accepted and encouraged. Assassinations of those who think differently are carried out. There is little to no respect to other, smaller countries from Russia's part.

Is it a strong system? Absolutely, the government possesses great power. Is it right, and something to be encouraged? I don't think so.

Of course, Russia has natural resources which puts them at an advantage, too. But i believe that influence is being used badly, which might change if the politics were handled differently.

>>1094
i am in agree with you, but i think assassination is good on people who make bad of the country like terrorist or such

it is sort of like free pest control, no?

>>1094

That depends on what you consider strong.

America's politics aren't a great thing in my eyes. They use propaganda to elude their people. There is a lot of secrecy of their inner workings. The same leader has been in post for a very long time, causing public outrage, yet nothing was done about it. Public surveillance is normal, accepted and encouraged. Assassinations of those who think differently are carried out. There is little to no respect to other, smaller countries from America's part.

Is it a strong system? Absolutely, the government possesses great power. Is it right, and something to be encouraged? I don't think so.

Of course, America has natural resources which puts them at an advantage, too. But i believe that influence is being used badly, which might change if the politics were handled differently.

>>1096
Yes, but it's not used on terrorists, serial killers or the like. Just on people with different opinions. If they become too outspoken, it could mess with the propaganda. Example:
"Vanilla ice cream is the best. Everyone should like vanilla ice cream.
"No thanks, chocolate ice cream is the best. I will go around and tell others to give it a try too."
"That might make people think i am wrong, we cannot allow that. Being in a position of power, i will kill you."

>>1095
I never said America was any better. American establishment is rotten to the core and I feel bad for all who have to live there.

>>1097
Oh whoops, i mixed ups the responses. The first one was supposed to be to pho, the other to anon. ^^;

>>1098

np I gathered.

anyway the name switch was just something that occurred to me while reading your Russia post, I hate to say it's all true. for an American my age who was raised to be suspicious of Russia (I started grade school near the end of the Cold War, and my family is patriotic/nationalistic), the irony of this realization is terribly thick

>>1099
Well, I'm glad you found it enlightening. :> and it's the same here, my family is nationalistic and was directly affected by the soviet regime in the past, so they didn't exactly paint a nice picture of Russia in my mind as i was growing up…

But the same problem applies to many countries worldwide, Russia isn't some special super evil exception. Russians are good people, but often gullible, and they buy into the hate/nationalism spread by their government. Which is sad. This applies to Americans as well.

Medvedev is Putin's puppet.

Putin's era never ended.