• ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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    19 天前

    The Russian psyche is one of pessimistic resignation. Its also true that Russia has never experienced free democracy. There are many who believe the fall of the USSR was a terrible thing and they blame “democracy” for their current circumstances. This is part of why Putin gets away with authoritarianism.

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      18 天前

      The American psyche must be fat as fuck and dripping with the blood of the innocent, if we’re generalizing.

    • Ferrous@lemmy.ml
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      Non sequitur that has absolutely nothing to do with the validity of the graph.