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Jilly_in_VA

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5. I've thought about that in the past

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 02:18 PM

Mar 2022

You kind of have to know how democracy works to live in one. They had a (very brief) try at it in 1917 but recently maybe Yeltsin and he wasn't very good at it.

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Putin Isn't Just Insane. It's Far Worse Than That. [View all] Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 OP

What do you suppose are the odds cilla4progress Mar 2022 #1

I believe the odds are high but not in the next 2 weeks Tetrachloride Mar 2022 #2

I am not sure that the Russian people would know how to live in a democracy. Thomas Hurt Mar 2022 #3

I've thought about that in the past Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 #5

I'll save them the trouble. world wide wally Mar 2022 #4