I hope this is a bit. The idea of a real person believing Putin, Xi, and the Kims keep getting reelected under fair, democratic processes is just too sad to contemplate.
You think Americans learn about the governments of other countries just from watching cable news? Regular citizens from western countries travel there, and expats from those countries come over here. And because we have freedom of speech (unlike in Russia, China, and North Korea), they are able to tell us what those places are like.
One man in charge of a country for the rest of his life without elections is pretty authoritarian, whether it’s fascism or not, don’t you think?
That’s China, Russia, and North Korea, comrade.
Well, thanks for pointing out that you don’t know the difference between a lack of term limits and AuThOrItArIaNiSm!!!1!!!one!!!
Leaders popular in their own countries tend to get re-elected, more news at 11!
I hope this is a bit. The idea of a real person believing Putin, Xi, and the Kims keep getting reelected under fair, democratic processes is just too sad to contemplate.
The idea of a real person believing US State Department canards about places they have zero personal knowledge of is far sadder.
This is no better than the MAGA bubble, where everything is “fake news.” You live on another planet.
Yes, one where things aren’t true just because abserious-looking millionaire in a suit said them into a camera.
You think Americans learn about the governments of other countries just from watching cable news? Regular citizens from western countries travel there, and expats from those countries come over here. And because we have freedom of speech (unlike in Russia, China, and North Korea), they are able to tell us what those places are like.
Translation: you listened to Yeonmi Park and Falun Gong’s propaganda show, and believed them.
So it’s a vast conspiracy that everyone who travels to or has lived in these places is in on. Got it.