I recently had a conversation with someone who continued to claim that Russia wasn't democratic even after i proved that V.Putin was at the top of even surveys made by westerners, what would be the point for him of cheating at elections if he's the favorite ? He was elected democratically(, and in truth every election is oligarchic/pseudo-aristocratic since representative democracy is an oxymoron, contrary to the athenian democracy through sortition, or eventually in switzerland or the local venezuelan participative democracy, but w/e).
He didn't follow with an argument on russian medias, but if he did i'd have pointed that Russia's elections would then be as "democratic" as western countries, not less. The problem is that they've been supporting, e.g., Venezuela when it was recently attacked, and here's their indian media. That is the only problem we(sterners) have with them :
The e.u. manifestedly feared to include the russian federation as a member(, biggest missed opportunity ever[1], even if i thank them for refusing hegemony, perhaps because they thought they'd lose it inside the e.u.), but will insist to keep Ukraine, and even the Donbass region and Crimea ?
If Russia doesn't conquer the whole of Ukraine, then it'll have to ensure that what remains won't be able to take its revenge on the (ex?-)ukrainians who rejected a e.u.&n.a.t.o. that opposes Russia/them. It's the west that made Ukraine the poorest european country, not the u.s.s.r., don't reward their treachery.
[1] : Byzance's heir could have reunited with Rome. They also rejected Türkiye, Islam could have reunited with Christianity. Obviously in our mind currently it's about being united in uniformity, so i don't mind.
(During the Hundred Years’ War, the treaty of Troyes would have united England and France in a single country, would that not have made France more powerful ? Again, we'd have to find ways to preserve diversity despite unity though. Also, i'm from France and we kept 0 cultural link with french-speaking african countries for some reasons, but we'll contradictorily want them to keep our language and know our history.)
Anyway, it's urgent to find a way to live united together, we can't eternally compete for hegemony, the u.n. was merely a start. I.m.o. we should have a world government and a world army(, in order to ensure each other's safety), but only with, like, 3-5 world rules and no more(, and only modified by an almost-impossible unanimity), to ensure it won't become a tyranny.
I.d.k. if you have a thought on that or another solution for a better future(, since only having communist countries, and even getting rid of nationalism, wouldn't necessarily ensure peace) ?
(Perhaps would i have received more comments/critics on an other instance)
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True. They'll say we(sterners) aren't bad since we could be worse. I say we are if we don't intend/attempt to become better.
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I recently had a conversation with someone who continued to claim that Russia wasn't democratic even after i proved that V.Putin was at the top of even surveys made by westerners, what would be the point for him of cheating at elections if he's the favorite ? He was elected democratically(, and in truth every election is oligarchic/pseudo-aristocratic since representative democracy is an oxymoron, contrary to the athenian democracy through sortition, or eventually in switzerland or the local venezuelan participative democracy, but w/e).
He didn't follow with an argument on russian medias, but if he did i'd have pointed that Russia's elections would then be as "democratic" as western countries, not less. The problem is that they've been supporting, e.g., Venezuela when it was recently attacked, and here's their indian media. That is the only problem we(sterners) have with them :
The e.u. manifestedly feared to include the russian federation as a member(, biggest missed opportunity ever[1], even if i thank them for refusing hegemony, perhaps because they thought they'd lose it inside the e.u.), but will insist to keep Ukraine, and even the Donbass region and Crimea ?
If Russia doesn't conquer the whole of Ukraine, then it'll have to ensure that what remains won't be able to take its revenge on the (ex?-)ukrainians who rejected a e.u.&n.a.t.o. that opposes Russia/them. It's the west that made Ukraine the poorest european country, not the u.s.s.r., don't reward their treachery.
[1] : Byzance's heir could have reunited with Rome. They also rejected Türkiye, Islam could have reunited with Christianity. Obviously in our mind currently it's about being united in uniformity, so i don't mind.
(During the Hundred Years’ War, the treaty of Troyes would have united England and France in a single country, would that not have made France more powerful ? Again, we'd have to find ways to preserve diversity despite unity though. Also, i'm from France and we kept 0 cultural link with french-speaking african countries for some reasons, but we'll contradictorily want them to keep our language and know our history.)
Anyway, it's urgent to find a way to live united together, we can't eternally compete for hegemony, the u.n. was merely a start. I.m.o. we should have a world government and a world army(, in order to ensure each other's safety), but only with, like, 3-5 world rules and no more(, and only modified by an almost-impossible unanimity), to ensure it won't become a tyranny.
I.d.k. if you have a thought on that or another solution for a better future(, since only having communist countries, and even getting rid of nationalism, wouldn't necessarily ensure peace) ?
(Perhaps would i have received more comments/critics on an other instance)