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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•6 days agoWhy can’t the US do the same to Russia’s social media sites? Let them have some political upheaval for a change.
minus-square@TimothlinkEnglish30•6 days agoI think this play only works on democratic countries unfortunately.
minus-square@TheGrandNaguslinkEnglish25•6 days agoRussia is very locked down. They regularly ban outside media. On top of that, Putin arrests/assasinates political competition, and puts in place a controlled opposition. And finally, their elections are fake.
minus-square@MaaluslinkEnglish8•6 days agoBecause Russia controls these sites and wouldn’t let any sensible opposition in. Putin is trying to be a dictator for life with illusions of democracy (you need to give ambitious people the illusion that they could do something).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoAs much as many people will dislike the idea: it seems like ‘not letting in foreign sites’ is currently the winning strategy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-4•5 days agoThey don’t even have toilets, let alone internet.
Why can’t the US do the same to Russia’s social media sites? Let them have some political upheaval for a change.
I think this play only works on democratic countries unfortunately.
Russia is very locked down. They regularly ban outside media.
On top of that, Putin arrests/assasinates political competition, and puts in place a controlled opposition.
And finally, their elections are fake.
Because Russia controls these sites and wouldn’t let any sensible opposition in. Putin is trying to be a dictator for life with illusions of democracy (you need to give ambitious people the illusion that they could do something).
As much as many people will dislike the idea: it seems like ‘not letting in foreign sites’ is currently the winning strategy
We don’t have elections
They don’t even have toilets, let alone internet.
*shits comment on lemmy*
Funny tho.