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When a blank ballot is counted as being in support for the pre-selected candidate, that's when you know it's a True Democracy
All the good workers agree! (the bad workers go to GULAG)
I love how they have such high standards and sophisticated critiques of western democracy (which of course I agree with) but then somehow this is what real democracy looks like lol. If you try to strike for better working conditions or higher pay you get murdered. Democracy!
In my personal opinion, the US is closer to socialism than any of these countries they lionize. And that’s a low bar.
I want to disagree on pure principle, but...