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[–] Fazoo@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure Russia and China have the perfect democracy in mind.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It will be perfectly fair. Both Putin and Xi will have 55% of the vote.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bold to think Putin would be more than a junior partner.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then again, he has lots of nukes.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I think what we've seen over the last bit, is that just nukes are a very inflexible tool. They protect you from open invasion, and that's it, because nobody's going to believe you will end the world over whatever diplomatic slight.