• GreenBeard@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    On the one hand, if you’re walking into a totalitarian state and criticizing the ruling autocrat, then sure, that’s a skill issue. That’s not supposed to be how it works in countries that at least purport to be free. At the very least, we can at least be frustrated at the false advertising.

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      17 hours ago

      That’s not supposed to be how it works in countries that at least purport to be free. At the very least, we can at least be frustrated at the false advertising.

      You don’t have to be paying much attention to know India is not one of those places.

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        12 hours ago

        Well they do claim to be a free, democratic nation. “Claim” is doing an awful lot of work in that sentence, but it is accurate.

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          11 hours ago

          Countries claim things all the time. If you take a look at “official” names of countries you will soon understand self claims are meaningless.

          I understand you already know this.