My point is, the Russian people cant change things any more than we can, you even admit its probably harder for them.
When we invaded Iraq, people didnt agree. Did the protests, the people speaking up change anything? Nope, we stayed there for years.
"We" like to think we would do things differently, but we, the British people, we get on our knees as much as the people we look down on, like the Russians and the Chinese. "We" could never be like them, but the reality is, we take the same as them and are just as powerless.
We hide behind elections that are won in the media.
That's not to say that the protests can't work - you're confusing causation and correlation.
Rather, I'd say the protests either did not go far enough to create a tide for charge politically or socially, or more likely enough people were bothered.
We went into Iraq is 2003, under Labour, and they won the next election. Is that not to say the populous could not have driven change if the drive was there?
They could have. Look at Labour in '45 under Atlee or the successes of Wilson, where the people spoke at the ballot box to show their desire for change.
Equally under Blair or even the Conservatives in 2010. I think of the situation now with Johnson and I do truly believe that we could exert far more pressure.
But we're not. That's not just the system's fault nor can we say, "
Oh, it wouldn't work." The Russian people could help make changes if they so wish.
It's harder for them due to his control on the media and security forces, however it didn't stop the Bolsheviks. It didn't stop the French Revolution.
It didn't stop the Indians eventually push for independence or those in Ireland and the Free States. I'm not saying it needs to be a coup d'état, but pressure.
If we, the UK votes, dislike Johnson enough then come the next election he could be sent to the cleaners.
