blame Russia for engadging in activities that warrants sanctioning
But why though? Russia had just observed 20 years of invasion of Afghanistan by the USA, with absolutely no divestment and no sanction as a result. So the logical conclusion should be that invasion doesn't warrant sanctioning. Why would Russia be a special case? If everyone can invade everyone, it would make sense that Russia understands that it also applies to them.
I think it would be more accurate to look at the size of the protests, because not the entire population is out protesting.
You realise that's exactly what you did, right? 😅
How is the work culture in China nowadays? I've heard about the 996 before, did it change since then?
The costal part is pretty much developed, but the rest of the country is still industrialising.
Real mask off moment
Let's goooooo!!
He actually never said he needed that to sleep at night. Textbook case of a strawman argument. You can do better.
The problem is, Israel hasn't waited to become a dictatorship to start acting like one.
Oh yes, voter manipulation is very concerning. Even the simple fact that foreign powers can legally finance a candidate for another country's presidential election is absolutely crazy to me.
But I think there is something even worse than that:
When participation is so low that barely 50% of electors cast a vote, with one category of people (the elderly) being massively over-represented.
When there is no possible recourse if the majority of electors isn't satisfied with their options, and blank ballots aren't even accounted for.
When the main platforms where campaigning happens are all owned by and handful of billionaires, who can choose to present in a good light the candidates that will be the most favorable to them, and do the opposite for others.
When political campaigns are funded privately (and as I said, sometimes even by authoritarian foreign powers), those who favor billionaires being again at a massive advantage.
The game is so strongly rigged, I'm surprised that the general population still widely considers us democracies. Starting by reforming our electoral systems would do a lot of good and would be a lot simpler than trying to stop social media bots in my opinion, even though we should also tackle that issue.
Could you expand on that? What was the content of the surveys and what where the difference? And where does he state that?
He should issue an arrest warrant for the leaders that threatened him too.