Posted December 01, 2015
Starmaker: Part kakistocracy, part political oppression. Having worked for a government agency, I find it very plausible that the absence of exceptions in the law is pure incompetence. However, war movies are still shown on state TV, state-sanctioned historical exhibitions are still held, and the only people convicted for anti-Nazi propaganda are moderate small-town rabble-rousers. Krasnodar in particular has been the designated testing ground for batshit policies to be later implemented nationwide since the 2014 Olympic preparations.
Kakistocracy is a new one for me. I like it. I can see why nations that have limitations on Nazi-related topics may be slow to relax those limitations. But introducing new limitations at this point is confounding to me. I can imagine reasons for doing so, certainly. But I wouldn't have expected it from Russia. A curious almost politically-correct kind of censorship.
Ha. I need to read more.