Was the Russian Election Falsified?

Of course, the Russians falsified the election. And it was done in a very obvious, shameless way. It is as if the folks who are stuffing the ballot boxes with fake ballots were posing for the cameras, making sure that what they are doing gets recorded as clearly as possible. 

There was no need to falsify anything. Most people didn’t come out to vote, and those who did all voted for Putin’s party and its satellites. So why falsify an election you have no chance of losing?

The goal of the endlessly falsified elections is to plant the idea that democracy is rubbish in people’s heads. Cynical, disillusioned people are precisely what corrupt oligarchies need to keep functioning.