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Man detained in Moscow for writing ‘Putin is a murderer’ on his ballot (novayagazeta.eu)

submitted 8 months ago by Five to c/notvoting

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, we are already aware that elections in Russia are essentially there to humiliate the common people and to remind them they have no real voice.

But having someone directly control what you vote or write on your ballot, how does that even work? Why do people even go to vote at that point?

[–] stabby_cicada 5 points 8 months ago

It's propaganda, basically. A display of loyalty to the leader and the government. And it lets propagandists pretend the leader is overwhelmingly popular with his people, because look at these voting statistics!

You may laugh, but there are socialists in the US who insist election results in North Korea and Cuba and so on represent genuine support for their leaders, and contrast it unfavourably with the divided US electorate.