Leaders from Italy and Germany called the Russian president’s plan “propaganda” and “dictatorial”.

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    16 days ago

    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

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      16 days ago

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

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        16 days ago

        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.

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            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

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              16 days ago

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

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                16 days 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