tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post2259184255725843384..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: Freedom in RussiaA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-7838753003932728882014-04-09T09:42:47.359-03:002014-04-09T09:42:47.359-03:00"It is the Singapore model, it is a term that..."It is the Singapore model, it is a term that people understand in Russia these days. It means that theoretically you have a free press, but in practice there is self-censorship. Theoretically you have courts; in practice the courts adopt decisions dictated from above. Theoretically there are civil rights enshrined in the constitution; in practice you are not able to exercise some of these rights."<br /><br />And how does this differs from any other politically correct "liberal democracy"?<br /><br />Freedom is nothing more than submission to the elites who tell you what your "freedom" can and cannot mean. <br />And nothing more.Sprickoló Tömegekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155762281864334719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-38804956385625700912014-03-29T08:37:01.870-03:002014-03-29T08:37:01.870-03:00I see the Russian trolls are busy again with their...I see the Russian trolls are busy again with their whataboutisms.<br />The article is totally accurate. As one wag put it, sovereign democracy is to democracy as an electric chair is to a chair. Putin fears liberal democracy of the west more than anything. The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-44901278840835428932014-02-18T09:00:30.239-04:002014-02-18T09:00:30.239-04:00During Obama's presidency the USA has not expa...During Obama's presidency the USA has not expanded its international legal obligations in the humanitarian field and still participates only in three out of nine core human rights treaties. The Americans have not so far ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (only Somalia has not also acceded to it). The main outstanding issue is an abhorrent Guantanamo prison. President B. Obama sanctioned indefinite and extrajudicial detention and the resumption of military tribunals.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com