Political Memes

You seems to imply that criticizing europe play into Putin playbook. At the moment, the EU sport is mocking how retrograde USA is. Realizing, EU is in the same shit, will probably make people more concerned about how bad it is at home and act accordingly. Instead of watching with popcorn in hand and rejoice at the awfulness of USA, it is sound to be reminded that EU is no paradise, and be more active in resisting the shit there. So If having European being more politically incline is putin's goal, so be it

That's the joke: EU is as bad as USA. Same racism, same border patroll

Because democracy is just as bad as fascism…

Fully aware you're being mockingly sarcastic, but there's some truth to that - democracy and fascism aren't some "polar opposites", but rather just a form of class rule and you get one or the other depending if times are good. If times are relatively alright, you have normal democracy and elections, and when they're not (with there being risks of severe class conflict or overthrow), that's when you get fascism to concentrate capital and suppress dissent.

Also, a "working democratic system" doesn't say much when there's nothing more to it than billions in campaign funds and media to decide who's getting elected.