Re:The Russians Fleeing Putin's Wartime Crackdown
by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday March 26, 2022 @03:08PM
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>The citizens of Ukraine (and probably also Belarus) are not happy about it
The citizens of Belarus have way less freedom of speech than even Russia, let alone Ukraine that's relatively free since 2014.
Russia has had, until recently, some forms of freedom of speech, at least on paper, while Belarus has none of that, not even on paper.
Putin wishes he had the authoritarian powers Lukashenko has in Belarus where he's been the sole dictator for the past 26 years.
Putin is basically a dictator but still has to go through a bunch of red tape to stay in power and pretend he's there though democratic elections and what not, while Lukashenko doesn't need to do any of that BS in Belarus, he's an absolute savage who doesn't even believe COVID is real and says "being a dictator is fine since it's better than being a homosexual".
So good luck being unhappy in Belarus and doing something about it.
The citizens of Belarus have way less freedom of speech than even Russia, let alone Ukraine that's relatively free since 2014.
Russia has had, until recently, some forms of freedom of speech, at least on paper, while Belarus has none of that, not even on paper.
Putin wishes he had the authoritarian powers Lukashenko has in Belarus where he's been the sole dictator for the past 26 years.
Putin is basically a dictator but still has to go through a bunch of red tape to stay in power and pretend he's there though democratic elections and what not, while Lukashenko doesn't need to do any of that BS in Belarus, he's an absolute savage who doesn't even believe COVID is real and says "being a dictator is fine since it's better than being a homosexual".
So good luck being unhappy in Belarus and doing something about it.