Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has stated that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be welcome at the Olympic Games to be held in the French capital this year.

  • Maeve
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    17 months ago

    Tbf, Russia and China seem very much capitalist economies, but I’m not an economist, so there’s that. But an authoritarian is an authoritarian, regardless of where on the spectrum they fall.

    • @[email protected]
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      17 months ago

      Oh they are definitely capitalist economies, China pretends to be communist, but definitely is not. Thing is that Tankies typically defend Russia and China as great countries unfairly maligned by the west. I’m not a Tanky. I have no issue with the Chinese or Russian people, but their governments are fucked, and anyone who cucks for them is deluding themselves.