If you have absolute power, why go through the theatrics of a people's vote?
Vladimir Putin won the Russian electionSounds impressive, until you compare that to Saddam Hussein's last poll in 2002 when Iraqi voters were given a choice all wanna-be-dictators may wish to cut and paste: "Should Saddam Hussein be given another seven-year term?"Why does Vladimir Putin bother with a sham election when the outcome is known before the first vote is cast?
The performative ballot was so important to Putin that some areas of Russia offered prizes including cash and cars to encourage people to vote. Now the head was cut off.The next few years saw increasing violence as the fight for power in the new Iraq saw an estimated 100 thousand civilians killed, and various governments were tainted by corruption and cronyism.Truly representative government is like a bridge; you cannot start at the top and build down.
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