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Brutal dictator bad, even if dead fascists good (lemmy.world)
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[–] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

This... this is so optimistically naive it's almost heartbreaking. Even if Putin could lose the elections, and his political opposition wasn't repeatedly being jailed, poisoned, or assassinated, the centralized power would still qualify as a fascist government.