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Re:Life in China Is Getting Harder With High Prices by varjag on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @02:23AM (#21057104)
Do dictators have to eradicate every slight manifestation of dissent and turn elections into rigged cargo cult shows because they are so popular?
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Re:Life in China Is Getting Harder With High Prices by JMTQp8lwXL on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @12:52PM (#21062161)
It's subtle, but no, Putin isn't popular in the way freely elected leaders are. He's only preferable to the alternative.
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Re:Life in China Is Getting Harder With High Prices by varjag on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @03:04PM (#21063492)
Who is the alternative?
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