• axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    I’m pretty sure the average liberal thinks this was supposed to be an election between Navalny and Putin. That’s how misinformed they are.

    You’re also right. Putin is massively popular in Russia at a level libs can’t seem to comprehend. The only major opposition he has involve the communists, but they mostly align with Putin’s foreign policy anyway. Most polls show Putin with a 85% approval rating and libs will always think numbers like that are unfair or fabricated.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      I’m uncertain if American libs can even conceptualize the idea of a popular government with broad public support. They seem to think that winning more than 55% of votes means the election was rigged and that if a government has an approval rating about 30% they’re faking the poles.

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        8 months ago

        it’s polls, unless you mean the Russians are creating fake Polish people, which would admittedly be a noteworthy discovery