• quarkquasar@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I take it as a sign that things won’t last much longer.

    When the thing that’s supposed to help keep the government in check is instead running cover for them, the top will start wobbling

    • ftbd@feddit.org
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      2 hours ago

      That’s very optimistic. History shows that once a regime is established, power is consolidated, the media is in line and protests are repressed, ousting the regime and rebuilding democracy can take a long time.

      Russia had this level of obvious corruption and pillaging of state resources in the 90s, and where are they now?