What do you think about authoritarian regimes—countries without real democracy, where a single ruling group has held power together with oligarchs for many years? Places like Russia or Belarus, for example.

Governments that try to cover up their own crimes with homophobic and nationalist policies, telling society that minorities are to blame for the lack of freedom while the regime keeps everyone under tight control.

In my opinion, Western two‑party oligarchic systems also fall into this category.