• Aqarius@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    ITT: Americans once again diging up the nuanced difference between the people and the government from the memory hole they dumped it in the last time Russia was mentioned.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Difference is that Russia’s experience with democracy basically amounted to a brief but insincere flirtation during the 1990s, while Donald Trump and the Congress that enables him were democratically elected by the American people. Trump even won the popular vote this time.