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I've lived outside of a cozy democracy. When its regime tried to go full authoritarian in 2013/2014, my countrymen got their Molotov cocktails ready.

"People get the government they deserve" is spot on. I'd also like to add that every single person pays the price for the actions of their government, regardless whether they choose to care who rules them or choose to disregard it (which is an equally conscious choice with equal consequences).

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Molotov cocktails? Seriously? Yeah, you go try that in the streets of Moscow and see how it goes...

Because he’d be alone. If 300,000 Moscovites stood shoulder to shoulder, there would be a different outcome. They don’t, therefore they get Putin.

It goes like this (based on experience in Kyiv): first Police burns, than they shoot back, than you shoot back until there is no police left. Then elections.

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