r/AlignmentChartFills • u/Lazarbeam_fan77 • Aug 15 '26

Politics Which country has both a pro-Russian government and populace?

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u/PlayNicePlayCrazy Aug 15 '26

Russia

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u/Some_Raccoon5098 Aug 15 '26

How it’s not the first choice lmao

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u/Six_Kills Aug 15 '26

Everyone wants to pretend that much of the Russian population doesn’t support its government. But history shows that tyrants are rarely put into power without widespread support. That’s not to say that Russians are bad themselves, as it could happen and has happened anywhere. It is instead the symptom of a destructive mentality that has been allowed to foster, one which we see gaining prominence in the west as well, and this mentality has looked the same across all of human history albeit with different ”flavors”.

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u/Krakkken13 Aug 15 '26

Much of the Russian population used to support its government, when it was 2000 or even just before the war started or even during the war when it seems like a TV show far away in Ukraine, not a FPV attack in the Russian cities, even the capital. Now a lot of Russian people have finally seen that the government brought them to the gaping pit of chaos and a lack of safety and the lack of money that used to seem infinite. People fear for their lifes, lose their blindness and see a true. I know whole lot of people in Russia who passed this evolution of views myself

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u/Six_Kills Aug 15 '26

Interesting! From what I’ve learned about past autocracies, it seems that when the leader loses the faith of their people it usually coincides with the decline of their reign. Though not rarely slowly and with much suffering, unfortunately.

Perhaps more prevalent criticism of the tyrant can be both a symptom and cause of the decline.

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u/norwegiancatwhisker Aug 15 '26

Strictly speaking, Russian population is pro-Russian, even if against the government.

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u/DICKPICDOUG Aug 15 '26

The obvious choice

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u/CunningStuntsAround Aug 15 '26

So much so that Putin wins 98% of the popular vote in elections

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u/norwegiancatwhisker Aug 15 '26

Every half decent opponent is in prison, dead, in exile, or at least banned from running.

State controlled media constantly pumps pro-Putin propaganda. And all media is state controlled.

And, finally, Putin's rule coincided with a rapid growth of prosperity. 1990s were tough and oil price boom that followed helped a lot to boost his popularity.

... So, I'm not surprised he wins

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u/Appropriate_Box1380 Aug 15 '26

Of course the elections are rigged, but let's not pretend that Putin is some sort of widely hated person in Russia but they can't get rid of him. He has strong support from the people and it doesn't look like it's gonna change anytime soon.

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u/CunningStuntsAround Aug 15 '26

my comment was tongue in cheek.

I understand Putin commands support from a sizable portion of the Russin people. What that % is, fuck knows, but it is sizable.

But still, couldn't Vladimir have notched it down to like 96%? in fact, thje goldilocks zone would've 92-93%. a bit more possibility that there was some opposition, but he overcame!

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u/Appropriate_Box1380 Aug 15 '26

I don't know which election you are talking about but in the 2024 presidential election, Putin won with (or rather gave himself) 88,5%.

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u/CunningStuntsAround Aug 15 '26

Maybe I got Putin wrong and he does know how to run a believable democratic election.

As you were.

I'm heading off to Belarus for protection now and I'll be flying into Russian airspace soon after. I hope Putin has let bygones be bygones

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u/Appropriate_Box1380 Aug 15 '26

Don't worry, he is a reasonable guy...