20 Mar 2023 5:06 pm
SJConspirator » 18 Mar 2023, 4:03 pm » wrote: ↑ Putin has true power in Russia. He may have to wheel and deal with other oligarchs, but he has enormous influence and hence, Russia is more honest.
In the USA, presidents are puppets, and we must PRETEND otherwise, and Biden makes NO decisions on his own. I am so sick of the pretense and lies, **** NATO, long live the Russian Empire
The problem with autocracy is that the country has no civil society. Putin does whatever he wants. What does that entail? Corruption first, Putin and his cronies control just about all the wealth in Russia. Therefore the average citizen sees less than nothing from the oil that Russia sells along with other goods. His military? Same problem. Contractors cut corners and now the military has shown it's completely inept in Ukraine where they should have taken control if not for the mismanagement of Putin's cabal. He also invaded Ukraine without even needing to be weary of popular opinion and therefore got a blank check to invade his neighbor without any pretense. Therefore, autocracy means you don't have to answer to anyone and therefore the mismanagement and rot tend to set in. That's the whole theory behind checks and balances. Vetoes, votes, rule of law, and law making bodies prevent all of this in theory even though some of these symptoms do exist in America. It's usually good at first when an autocrat takes rule but then it just becomes a game to hold onto power at the expense of the ruled.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.