The magic is that in the US, things that are illegal in most of the civilized world like lobbying, private campaign donations and PACs are enshrined in the law.
Ergo, see momma! no corruption!
Ah yes, just like in Russia we all know someone who was put in the trunk of a car by the FBI and driven around the forest just because they didn't want to pay up to the local director and his network of cronies. Or we all know of a prominent local case of a murderer or rapist that was released from prison (without any legal basis), then went on to fight a war for 6 months, then came back to our city with new military experience, now knowing how to handle rifles, grenades and man portable rocket launchers, and with severe PTSD.
You honestly don't remember when people were being snatched off the street in unmarked vans during the BLM protests under Trump? It was caught on video several times.
I am Russian and personally I know nobody with the former or the latter experience.
I don't doubt such cases exist somewhere out there. But the prevalence of such revelations is from people re-posting emigrant press, who often do not have any firsthand Russia experience for a few years now.
> personally I know nobody with the former or the latter experience
I have personally received threats of having such experience, from a director of the company I was working for at that time. Happened in Moscow around 2010. The director was from FSB, unfortunately the company forgot to mention that detail in the job ad.
> emigrant press, who often do not have any firsthand Russia experience
LOL. The reason you only read about cases like that in emigrant press, local journalists don't want to be murdered in a forest.
Most Americans knowledge of Russia is based on movies depicting the Yeltsin era during the 90s. For them Moscow is like a giant prohibition era Chicago in a cyberpunk scenario.
The magic is that in the US, things that are illegal in most of the civilized world like lobbying, private campaign donations and PACs are enshrined in the law. Ergo, see momma! no corruption!
Ah yes, just like in Russia we all know someone who was put in the trunk of a car by the FBI and driven around the forest just because they didn't want to pay up to the local director and his network of cronies. Or we all know of a prominent local case of a murderer or rapist that was released from prison (without any legal basis), then went on to fight a war for 6 months, then came back to our city with new military experience, now knowing how to handle rifles, grenades and man portable rocket launchers, and with severe PTSD.
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You honestly don't remember when people were being snatched off the street in unmarked vans during the BLM protests under Trump? It was caught on video several times.
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892277592/federal-officers-us...
Under Trump? The president we voted out? Let's have the same conversation when Putin is no longer president.
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I am Russian and personally I know nobody with the former or the latter experience.
I don't doubt such cases exist somewhere out there. But the prevalence of such revelations is from people re-posting emigrant press, who often do not have any firsthand Russia experience for a few years now.
> personally I know nobody with the former or the latter experience
I have personally received threats of having such experience, from a director of the company I was working for at that time. Happened in Moscow around 2010. The director was from FSB, unfortunately the company forgot to mention that detail in the job ad.
> emigrant press, who often do not have any firsthand Russia experience
LOL. The reason you only read about cases like that in emigrant press, local journalists don't want to be murdered in a forest.
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Most Americans knowledge of Russia is based on movies depicting the Yeltsin era during the 90s. For them Moscow is like a giant prohibition era Chicago in a cyberpunk scenario.
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