Democracy is for those who are willing to take it, and this has been proven once again, this time by the Russians. Dmitry Medvedev is the overwhelming favorite to succeed Vladimir Putin in the election in which opposition parties and independent vote monitors have complained of widespread electoral violations.

Well, of course he is. The state-owned media has focused entirely on him, promoted him endlessly and he’s spent nothing on campaigning. He won’t enter into debates either, saying that there’s no point of debating with people “who have no chance of winning power.” He should know. The elections are rigged in his favor from one end of Russia to the other.

Putin, the supposedly outgoing Russian president, will be Russias prime minister and share power with Medvedev. This arrangement will be a first in Russian government. Voting in Russia is now only for show, just as it was during Stalins reign, and Russia has once again evolved into a new form of government. From the Czars, after the Roman ceasars, through revolution and communism, the collapse of communism, a feint at democracy and now back to dictatorship.

Even though the Union has fallen apart, and former slave nations have again asserted their independence, the regime in Russia refuses to recognize it and is trying to force them to rejoin Russia as slave states again.

In Putins favor, he’s put Russia back on its economic feet again, though he’s done this at the expense of everyone doing business with Russia. It doesn’t pay to be dependent on Russia for anything these days as those nations can expect more extortion for fuel and energy needs just as in the past, along with repeated military threats and aggression. Russia the Bear will always be a bear, looking to eat up the unwary, and it’s people will always be the property of “the state”, which means whoever is in power at the time.

The people accept this as the norm. Times in Russia have always been tough and the leadership has seldom made much difference in the well-being of its people. Putin has actually made things better for them and they’re loathe to see that change. Who could blame them? It’s different in Western democracies where we’ve come to expect a high standard of living.

Russia’s regime is harshly nationalist, which is exactly why they’re so successful lately. All the “Multiculturalist” and “open border” nations, such as the United States and most of the European nations, are decaying and falling behind. The world isn’t ready yet for a one-world government and may never be. There are simply too many ethnic, cultural, religious and language barriers and differences between us all that cause huge frictions between different populations when we become too mixed in with each other.

The United States would do well to follow the Russians example in terms of nationalism. We need to take a similar hard line with China, the Saudis and OPEC, and other Mid-East nations such as Iran. America First has become America Last, and if we don’t reverse this, we won’t last.

Tags: election, Medvedev, Russia

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