cmeio@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-221 days agoRomanian presidential election is anulledlemmy.worldimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1324arrow-down1imageRomanian presidential election is anulledlemmy.worldcmeio@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-221 days agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 days agoWhy can’t the US do the same to Russia’s social media sites? Let them have some political upheaval for a change.
minus-squareTimoth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·21 days agoI think this play only works on democratic countries unfortunately.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·21 days agoRussia is very locked down. They regularly ban outside media. On top of that, Putin arrests/assasinates political competition, and puts in place a controlled opposition. And finally, their elections are fake.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 days agoBecause Russia controls these sites and wouldn’t let any sensible opposition in. Putin is trying to be a dictator for life with illusions of democracy (you need to give ambitious people the illusion that they could do something).
minus-squareECB@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoAs much as many people will dislike the idea: it seems like ‘not letting in foreign sites’ is currently the winning strategy
Why can’t the US do the same to Russia’s social media sites? Let them have some political upheaval for a change.
I think this play only works on democratic countries unfortunately.
Russia is very locked down. They regularly ban outside media.
On top of that, Putin arrests/assasinates political competition, and puts in place a controlled opposition.
And finally, their elections are fake.
Because Russia controls these sites and wouldn’t let any sensible opposition in. Putin is trying to be a dictator for life with illusions of democracy (you need to give ambitious people the illusion that they could do something).
As much as many people will dislike the idea: it seems like ‘not letting in foreign sites’ is currently the winning strategy
We don’t have elections