Putin To Quit In January!

[Mormolyce]

Putin is a pretty good leader for his country and is very loved by a large part of the russians.

Apparently his official polls are at 60%.

Imagine ruling a country where people wind up in jail or hospital for criticising you and still only getting 60% approval ahaha.

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Why would russia also want a policy swing? They actually have it pretty good en the future looks also VERY good for them, they got the EU by the balls since they all need the russian gas and even more of it since they all signed to the green deal so they need to buy gas from Russia.

If the future is so bright then why has Putin spent the last eight years doing nothing but desperately trying to get the Magnitsky sanctions lifted?

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Yeah, not like the US is very corrupt or anything, and countries without term limits are less corrupt.

And one of the ways that corruption manifests is in seeking to abolish term limits, see also Ji Yinping.

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"Russia is corrupt"
"O-oh yeah?! W-well... uh... EVERYONE ELSE IS CORRUPT TOO! T-take th-that! O-oh yeah, both sides do it. A-and what about <other thing>?!"

"Yes, we're garbage, but you are too!" is apparently the Russian national anthem according to Putinistas.

[SirBeef]

2021, maybe a rebound year for Democracies around the world. Could have far reaching effects. Notably in neighboring countries like Ukraine and Belarus,.

Vladimir Putin 'will quit as Russian President in January amid fears he has Parkinson's disease', Moscow sources claim

• Putin, 68, is being urged to quit by his former gymnast lover Alina Kabaeva, 37
• Recent footage of Putin's legs swinging as he clutched a chair raised eyebrows
• Russian president's odd 'gunslinger's gait' has been noted by medics in the past
• Comes after law to ensure Putin will be made senator-for-life emerged this week

Does that mean our resident turnip earners will leave too?

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Apparently his official polls are at 60%.

Imagine ruling a country where people wind up in jail or hospital for criticising you and still only getting 60% approval ahaha.

Even Saddam Hussein had 98-99%.

[Vorkreist]

Well, we do have free healthcare and education, and we didn't get it through democratic means.

That is like the equivalent of prisoners bragging they get free food compared to those suckers outside having to buy it.
Come back after Russia gets past 1950 quality of healthcare and education and general quality of life.

[Orange Joe]

Well, we do have free healthcare and education, and we didn't get it through democratic means.

So do prisoners, not sure that is the brag you think it is.

[Shalcker]

So do prisoners, not sure that is the brag you think it is.

If you see socialism as punishment rather then one of approaches that fits certain cases then it is quite clear why your country cannot wrap their head around concept of free healthcare and education.

[Orange Joe]

If you see socialism as punishment rather then one of approaches that fits certain cases then it is quite clear why your country cannot wrap their head around concept of free healthcare and education.

Would love to hear how you figure that from my comment?


Does pointing out that prisoners also get buy stuff in prison mean I hate capitalism too?

[Ashnazg]

I see this thread is where all the Russia-hating cockroaches are congregating again.

[Shalcker]

Would love to hear how you figure that from my comment?

Comparing free education and healthcare to prisons is quite strange take, and obvious chain of reasoning would be comparing "USSR/socialism" to prison - you know, usual republican stance. Maybe you are not reflecting that you repeat their memes.

Where did you get idea of such comparison from?

[Felya]

Comparing free education and healthcare to prisons is quite strange take, and obvious chain of reasoning would be comparing "USSR/socialism" to prison - you know, usual republican stance. Maybe you are not reflecting that you repeat their memes.

Where did you get idea of such comparison from?

No, he is pointing out that our prisoners... as in people being punished for crime... get better social services, than general public.

You were correct to assume your assertion came from thin air... not sure why you’d post while recognizing it.

[Easo]

And neither does worshiping it.

No one is asking you to worship the West. That is just your imagination. So defensive...

I see this thread is where all the Russia-hating cockroaches are congregating again.

Did not know that criticizing autocrat in charge and the hostile foreign policy is hating Russia, but you do you.

[tromage2]

the hostile foreign policy is hating Russia

Not sure where you get this but without Russia alot of households would not be able to warm their houses in the EU. So actually we in the EU should be very thankfull toward Russia for their foreign policy.

[Easo]

Not sure where you get this but without Russia alot of households would not be able to warm their houses in the EU. So actually we in the EU should be very thankfull toward Russia for their foreign policy.

So we should bow to an agressive country which searches for external enemies, real or made up, because they are selling us gas?
Funny, but it also works precisely in reverse - without EU money a lot of households in Russia would also be in trouble. Russia cannot sell all that gas to someone else.
And you have forgotten that not only Russia supplies gas, the question is in price.

[Orange Joe]

Comparing free education and healthcare to prisons is quite strange take, and obvious chain of reasoning would be comparing "USSR/socialism" to prison - you know, usual republican stance. Maybe you are not reflecting that you repeat their memes.

Where did you get idea of such comparison from?

Wasn't comparing. Just saying they get it too. Those 2 things don't mean you have a well functioning government.

[Shalcker]

Wasn't comparing. Just saying they get it too. Those 2 things don't mean you have a well functioning government.

Those are advantages we have over US systems (which doesn't have well-functioning government either).

And had them before US even had Medicare. And here we are, 60+ years later... Russia still has them, US still doesn't.

[Orange Joe]

Those are advantages we have over US systems (which doesn't have well-functioning government either).

And had them before US even had Medicare. And here we are, 60+ years later... Russia still has them, US still doesn't.

Yes, cause thats the only thing that makes a good government? You're flailing here and flailing badly.

[tromage2]

usa doesn't have a well functioning government either lol...

Idd, voting by mail. I could not beleave this was possible in a wealthy country and claims to be transparent.
And the US system will have the same problems as we in the EU, you got 50% of the people that want complete different policies and they will work against each other and in the end you get results nobody is happy with. Russia and China have problems with their systems but we in the west should not act like our own systems are working that mutch better.

[Shalcker]

Yes, cause thats the only thing that makes a good government? You're flailing here and flailing badly.

Not sure why you're so stuck on "good government".

"Good government" isn't usually a thing that makes sweeping changes like the ones you need to get free education and healthcare - because that upsets plenty of existing structures, and any "good government" generally seeks to preserve them.

[Orange Joe]

usa doesn't have a well functioning government either lol...

Where did I say it did? I would argue it's better than Russia though

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Not sure why you're so stuck on "good government".

"Good government" isn't usually a thing that makes sweeping changes like the ones you need to get free education and healthcare - because that upsets plenty of existing structures, and any "good government" generally seeks to preserve them.

Funny the words you try to focus on when you have nothing else lol.