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Leaders from Italy and Germany called the Russian president's plan "propaganda" and "dictatorial".

Archived version: https://archive.ph/TkjNS

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (6 children)

The Ukrainian constitution specifically does not permit elections during martial law. He is following the law of the country that was already in place before his administration

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Nazis also followed the law. It just so happened that they were Nazi laws.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Sure, so "following the law" is not a value judgment one way or the other. It depends on whether the law is just. However, the accusation here is that Zelenskyy is a dictator because he banned elections. This is simply untrue; he did not make that decision.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, he's a dictator because he banned opposition parties, lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It is not even slightly weird or dictatorial to ban parties that are cooperating with an invading army, and the parties that got banned are not even a majority of the opposition members of the parliament

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, no dictator has ever used "aiding the enemy" as an excuse. 👍

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

"Dictators have a done a thing" alone does not make the thing dictatorial, and at no point did I say "dictators never do this, therefore it is not dictatorial". Are you really trying to argue that acting against literal wartime treason makes someone a dictator? If not, you're going to need more of an explanation

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