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Re:Moral causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union (2011) by tptacek on Sunday October 11, 2015 @01:56PM (#10370227)
It's pretty easy to consolidate reported public support when your government has nationalized the bulk of the media, and exerts economic and coercive violent pressure on the opposition press.
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Re:Moral causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union (2011) by DominikR on Thursday October 15, 2015 @02:06AM (#10391603)
Media is in Russia overwhelmingly owned by private shareholders, so please get your facts straight.
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Re:Moral causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union (2011) by hackerboos on Sunday October 11, 2015 @04:41PM (#10370890)
Same could be said for Singapore substituting violent pressure for legal pressure.
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Re:Moral causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union (2011) by guard-of-terra on Sunday October 11, 2015 @11:21PM (#10372339)
Singapore is successful, Russia is crumbling. That's the main difference.

Of course it always depends on perspective. There are some people who would claim relative success of Singapore not compensating restrictions, and yet some other people would claim even North Korea is doing okay so stop insulting them.

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