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  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    To be fair, how do westerners not treat capitalism and democracy with exactly the same weight? I think both sides would have good reason to argue that neither side has figured out the secret sauce as you say.

    Not a huge stretch to think both the US and Russia treat their citizens poorly, and neither is a model for the rest of the world.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Because while both are shit, under capitalism I can at least say it’s shit without fear of incarceration or reeducation.

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        3 months ago

        Russia is also capitalist, and I think you meant to say “democracy” instead of “capitalism” there since authoritarian capitalism is definitely a thing (see Russia and China).