If you want to talk about whether something exists in practice rather than on pa...

specproc · 2025-08-25T12:26:21 1756124781

Yeah, exactly. I'm saying the UK and America have democracies of equal quality to and poorer pedigree than Russia.

Edit for clarity.

AnthonyMouse · 2025-08-25T23:22:19 1756164139

The US has generally had elections in which whether you could run did not depend on your ideology or opposition to the current administration, and the candidate who got the most votes would get into office. Russia, not so much.