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I think most of these eastern European countries have been burdened with old USSR/Russian corruption and struggled to break free from Putin's influence. A few like Poland have been great examples and the others have taken heed. I think the people have had enough of autocrats pretending to be democratic.
"Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning."
Charles Tremper 
04-16-2026, 09:13 PM
(04-16-2026, 09:26 AM)Kurokage Wrote: I think most of these eastern European countries have been burdened with old USSR/Russian corruption and struggled to break free from Putin's influence. A few like Poland have been great examples and the others have taken heed. I think the people have had enough of autocrats pretending to be democratic. I’ve had enough of Democrats pretending to be autocratic. 
04-17-2026, 03:49 AM
(04-16-2026, 09:13 PM)Vermilion Wrote: I’ve had enough of Democrats pretending to be autocratic. He's generally seen as reformist/anti-corruption rather than fitting neatly into US style party labels.
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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