So, does being a Putin fan imply one has 'gone off the deep end'?
It is not an objective truth that non-authoritarianism > authoritarianism. That's just, like, an opinion, man.
Further: when has Russia not been an authoritarian state?
> It is not an objective truth that non-authoritarianism > authoritarianism. That's just, like, an opinion, man.
Shakespeare > Marlowe is just an opinion.
For a brief time during the Yeltsin years where citizens could elect their own state governors, and not have one appointed by the Kremlin.