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Alexei Navalny Sacrificed Himself to Show Russia That Putin Is a Monster (www.thedailybeast.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Navalny’s friends knew he was willing to become a martyr if that’s what it took to stand up to Putin.

Alexei Navalny’s long struggle against President Putin began with a humorous blog and culminated in repeated demonstrations of his willingness to risk his own life. According to the Russian authorities on Friday, he has now died in prison.

Russia’s leading opposition voice has been silenced.

Other dissident figures went into exile or died in mysterious circumstances over the past decade, leaving Navalny as the last national figure with a dedicated following.

Though he had been arrested many times before, Navalny’s defining moment in the eyes of many Russians came after the attempt to assassinate him with Novichok. He recuperated in the sanctuary of a German hospital but chose to defy Putin and return to Russia in January 2021, knowing full well he would end up in prison.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

In the same way that Biden is preferable to Trump. Biden is far from perfect, has lukewarm political leanings, only advances soft-left policies to better his own election chances and keeps a cop as a vp.

But Trump is an actual war mongering lunatic wannabe fascist. Sometimes it's about the lesser evil.

Yes, you could say there are plenty of people more worth supporting than these two old farts, but none of them are on the ballot are they?

It's that situation with Russia. Putin is an actual, proven warmonger who kills his own countrymen to hold on to power. Someone who doesn't do either of those things and respects the will of the people is a step up, regardless of their politics, because that person can be voted out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

A lot of people on the internet think there’s an electable Abraham Lincoln instead of what the reality is

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

only advances soft-left policies

Soft-left? Biden is more right than Navalny.

Biden and rest of American "left": maybe we shold do some student debt relief? Just a tini-tiny. If you don't mind.

Party started by literal member of Union of Right Forces: universal education, state must provide students with everything(including housing and food) so they don't worry about anything else other than learning, state must provide teachers with everything(including decent salary) so they don't wory about anything else other than teaching, state must provide universities with all necessary equipment, buildings must be maintained in good condition(so ceiling wouldn't fall on students' and teachers' heads)!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You're only saying that because you know what Putin is like in power, with his racist remarks and Nazi affiliations you don't even know how worse it could have been with Navalny

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Racist remarks

You mean like how putin criminalized being gay? It's one thing to make remarks, it's another thing to actually oppress a minority by claiming their existence is propaganda.

Nazi affiliation

So taking nazis from prison with the promise of a pardon if they fight on russias front line is.. What?

You're only saying that because you know what Putin is like in power

This is an incredible fallacy. I'm almost lost for words. First of all, any line of logic that relies on the premise "you're just saying that because you don't understand how much worse it could be" is just plain wrong. I could say with the exact same amount of confidence that you don't understand how much better it could be.

But also, Putin is by far the most dangerous leader the world has seen since Hitler. He's an actual fascist, who disappears people who pose any kind of threat to him. He's single handedly swinging his entire country into a war they don't want because he feels entitled to Ukrainian land.

I'd take my chances on literally anyone else who respected the vote. Putin does not. I'd take my chances on someone who would end the war. Putin will see a million of his own die before he even considers it.

Pushing the whole "Navalny was a nazi so he's automatically worse" is really downplaying how incredibly evil putin actually is. I mean, he's basically already a nazi in all but name.

Get out of here with your Russian apologetics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This looks so similar to russian electoral joke and part of Putin's propaganda "current thieves are full, new will be hungry and steal more".