Humodour Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 What the Australian voters managed to prevent is what the Russian politicians have adopted - internet censorship via deep packet inspection. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russias-leap-in-internet-control/2012/11/12/0ade4f4a-29c5-11e2-b4e0-346287b7e56c_story.html Russia is essentially emulating China: crush opposition, censor all media including the Internet, and make a few rich and powerful families even richer and more powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Russia is essentially emulating China: crush opposition, censor all media including the Internet, and make a few rich and powerful families even richer and more powerful. Maybe they think that if they emulate China, they will matter again. Not a very good idea, considering that China's path is unsustainable. There is only so long you can have a few doing extremely well while the rest of the country lives in abysmal conditions. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 What the Australian voters managed to prevent is what the Russian politicians have adopted - internet censorship via deep packet inspection. http://www.washingto...e56c_story.html Russia is essentially emulating China: crush opposition, censor all media including the Internet, and make a few rich and powerful families even richer and more powerful. This doesn't surprise me at all, this is the model that all dictatorships have to follow to stay in power. They generally curtail the influence of free press ensure that independent political parties are marginalized control the police and army rigidly restrict the Internet Its funny but you see these steps almost every time a country go's the authoritarian route. But Russia is still an important player in the world and doe's have influence in many area's so this is something we need to accept begrudgingly. "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfell Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Russia is a synonym for irony. Only boring people get bored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 and make a few rich and powerful families even richer and more powerful. And in that they differ from any other country how? 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGX-17 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) What the Australian voters managed to prevent is what the Russian politicians have adopted - internet censorship via deep packet inspection. http://www.washingto...e56c_story.html Russia is essentially emulating China: crush opposition, censor all media including the Internet, and make a few rich and powerful families even richer and more powerful. Russia has always been like that. It's funny when slavophiles have this delusional fantasy image of Russia as a prosperous land of free democracy and equal rights and so on. and make a few rich and powerful families even richer and more powerful. And in that they differ from any other country how? The amount of corruption, industrialization, civil rights, political freedoms and average income varies greatly by country. Even so, you're right in saying that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, a result of neoliberal capitalist economic policies adopted in the past 40 years. Edited November 13, 2012 by AGX-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 La Russie ne boude pas, elle se recueille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 The west only has two takes on Russia; "Oh no the slavic horde coming to crush us!!!" and "hahaha look at that funny Boris dance hahaha Russia so funny!!!". Been the same since Ivan Grozny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Well, we do look their women too. Although Ukrainians are much prettier. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Well, we do look their women too. Although Ukrainians are much prettier. I agree, Russian women are beautiful. "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 The WEST only has two takes on Russia; .... Well, we do look their women too. Although Ukrainians are much prettier. Romania... Gypsyland... The West... I lol'd . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solonik Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 This thread is hilarious. Russia is essentially emulating China: crush opposition, censor all media including the Internet, and make a few rich and powerful families even richer and more powerful. "Make a few rich and powerful families richer and more powerful." If you think the US has more social mobility than Russia (especially Russia a decade or two ago, but even now), you are absolutely delusional. As far as Russia emulating China - haha. Also, you think the US doesn't monitor internet use? Maybe they think that if they emulate China, they will matter again. They matter more than China. In terms of education quality, technology, land, and resources. Also, there are skirmishes on the Chinese / Russian border, where patrols take potshots at each other, as China is eyeing Russian land due to their population density. Russia is also the only country in the world that can hold up to US air superiority, when you factor in the S400 and Tunguska systems, as well as all the stationary AA. Russia does not look up to China. curtail the influence of free press ensure that independent political parties are marginalized control the police and army rigidly restrict the Internet Let's take a look at all of these in the US. curtail the influence of free press - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4o7wNeNL0Q. Brave New World baby - look at the majority of news sources the US public uses - Fox, CNN, etc. ensure that independent political parties are marginalized - yea, because the Democratic and Republican parties differ SOO much and an independent canditate is going to win, right? This might as well be a single party system. control the police and army rigidly - ... ... ... hahahaahahaaha restrict the Internet - covered above Russia has always been like that. It's funny when slavophiles have this delusional fantasy image of Russia as a prosperous land of free democracy and equal rights and so on. "Has always been like that" You obviously don't understand the concepts of market saturation and a free economy. You have also not seen what market diversity is, so you can't understand how DOMINATED the US market is by oligopolies. You also don't understand what happened to Russia in the 90s and how many poor people made it big, just how much social mobility there was. You have also never seen a society where the rich live in the same buildings with the poor. You also don't really know what "the rich" are, as you never even see them in the US. Your post is more amusing than you can imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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