Re:Snowden's Asylum: 'It's the law, stupid'
by qnr on Thursday August 08, 2013 @07:17AM
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Oppressive to their own citizens? You are probably right (though US have a higher incarceration rate, still uses capital punishment etc.) But oppressive to the humanity as a whole? US is by far the worst in this regard, just think of Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
Edit: I'm comparing past 20 years specifically, not the cold war era
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If you restrict yourself to the last 20 years then the argument in favour of Russia is easy to make, as it has essentially been neutered in terms of foreign intervention. However if you look back a bit further you'll have to take into account global communism when judging how oppresive Russia has been to humanity as a whole, and I don't think the comparison will end up favourable to Russia.
They are equally oppressive, only difference is that Russia is oppressive inwards, while USA is more oppressive outwards (i.e. Russia commits most of its atrocities inside borders, while USA commits them outside its borders).