[whimsicalism]

I feel like this whole neo-cold war against China & Russia was never put up for a vote. Where can I vote against it?

Please, let's all just get rich together. Governments democratize over time - the UK wasn't a democracy when it started out but over 1000 years of governance transitioned into being one. I suspect it will be much faster nowadays, but in the meantime - please no war.

[0xDEF]

What has your propagandistic comment to do with a well-researched article that looks at the leaked source code of a Russian search engine?

[mcpackieh]

This is how representative democracies generally work. Direct democracy, referendums and the like, are an exception to the rule.