Yeah, not every nation wants to deal with securing elections in an active war zone, especially against an opponent heavily incentivized and willing to put their thumb on the scale however they can.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah not every nation wants to do that. Some nations are fascist dictatorships.

Put that right next to 'two things can be true at once' in the library of trying to conjure thoughts from nothing but pure passive voice.

especially against an opponent heavily incentivized and willing to put their thumb on the scale however they can

Sorry you're not allowed to have a democracy because someone might try to convince you to vote against me.

Love me, I'm a liberal.

[–] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Sorry you’re not allowed to have a democracy because someone might try to convince you to vote against me.

I can't believe you're genuinely this unimaginative. Do you really think Russia would limit themselves to propaganda? Do you think Russia respects the democratic process enough to not interfere in an election where getting the right leader might mean submission, annexation, and victory? The same Russia that was the origin for multiple bomb threats on polling locations during the US 2024 election? The same Russia that's constantly fraught with internal accusations of election fraud? That Russia?