Is Joe Biden the American Brezhnev? | Ben Judah
www.theguardian.com
Leaders in the late Soviet Union wilfully ignored the need for structural reform. The Democratic contender should take note, says author Ben Judah

It still has to do the obligatory "of course the USSR's politics were totalitarian and evil and the US's politics are open and free" bullshit, but kudos to this guy for calling Biden the leader of a nation in rapid decline on March 6th.

  • Shishnarfne [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Good article, though it's a bit unfair to call Brezhnev "frail and confused" when he won the trust of the nomenklatura: he was quite young really. He held power for 18 years and when he died he was still younger than Biden is now.