But excusing things as being "entirely a product of its time" means that we can't criticise anyone in the past at all. It's also ahistorical as it pretends there was no contemporary critici… (View Post)

The Economist Democracy Index rates Russia as an Authoritarian Regime. Out of a choice of Full Democracy, Flawed Democracy, Hybrid Regime and Authoritarian Regime. Democracy Matrix has Russia as 'Mod… (View Post)

Exactly. And Russian is not a democracy. (View Post)

Most countries have constitutions. Here's the first line of Russia's: Russia is a democratic federal law-bound state with a republican form of government. (View Post)

It's better if Trump pops his clogs sooner rather than later - Vance may as bad or worse, but he won't be able to keep all the Republican party or half the US public with him like Trump can (View Post)