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[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread


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Incredible amount of Slovaks living abroad were flying last couple of days back home to vote in the Saturdays parliamentary elections :d

 

Also the absolute record of 86 000 !!! Slovak citizens who are currently abroad have asked to vote by post. :bowdown: Many our athletes for example already announced they will vote by mail to help the country (among the most famous Petra Vlhová, Peter Sagan or Marián Vajda Djokovic´s coach and many others !

 

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Petra Vlhova

 

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Saturday´s elections are maybe the most important elections in all our history since the independence in 1993. Saturday will show which direction Slovakia will choose !

 

Strong ! Strong strong determination is to feel everywhere right now to finally kick out from the government the thieving gang from the ruling Smer-SD party linked to the mafia and oligarchs.  And also not to allow the fucking neo-Nazis brainwashed dickheads to get into government. :fingers:

 

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This. This is a great example of why Bernie is the candidate the party needs and not Biden or Buttigieg.


Also, here’s a link to the full article:

It actually does a pretty good job of explaining where Sanders so popular amongst a young generation of Americans. It also offers and explanation of why my generation is more left than most American generations.

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2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

This. This is a great example of why Bernie is the candidate the party needs and not Biden or Buttigieg.


Also, here’s a link to the full article:

It actually does a pretty good job of explaining where Sanders so popular amongst a young generation of Americans. It also offers and explanation of why my generation is more left than most American generations.

 

I can give you this, younger generation has no idea what sociallism really brings to the table. Sanders will raise taxes on speed dial and this won't be enough, eventually not only the millionaires will have to fund his ideas like he promises and this is where shit hits the fan.

 

Wasn't it Georg Hegel who said that one thing that people learn from history is that they never learn from history? And he inspired Marxism and Fascism come 19th/20th century? Sure, Sanders wants to "make communism great again" to paraphrase Trump's motto but is only heading into one direction. USA has never been ruled by a communist masquerading as sociallist but guess you are due this great honor ;)

 

Will Sanders cut NRA's unofficial reign? Doubtful. Will he stop the mass shootings from taking place? Probably not.

 

If Sanders somehow becomes POTUS he will serve as the prime example why sociallism won't work in USA and will scare people off for decades (that's if he doesn't conk out in office first).

 

Of course there is the subplot where Russian hackers want him to win the Dems nomination since he will be the easiest opponent for Trump's re-election. If that's the case then Sanders is a sitting duck. No way he can stop the online propaganda, fake news & hacking efforts.

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1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

 

I can give you this, younger generation has no idea what sociallism really brings to the table. Sanders will raise taxes on speed dial and this won't be enough, eventually not only the millionaires will have to fund his ideas like he promises and this is where shit hits the fan.

 

Wasn't it Georg Hegel who said that one thing that people learn from history is that they never learn from history? And he inspired Marxism and Fascism come 19th/20th century? Sure, Sanders wants to "make communism great again" to paraphrase Trump's motto but is only heading into one direction. USA has never been ruled by a communist masquerading as sociallist but guess you are due this great honor ;)

 

Will Sanders cut NRA's unofficial reign? Doubtful. Will he stop the mass shootings from taking place? Probably not.

 

If Sanders somehow becomes POTUS he will serve as the prime example why sociallism won't work in USA and will scare people off for decades (that's if he doesn't conk out in office first).

 

Of course there is the subplot where Russian hackers want him to win the Dems nomination since he will be the easiest opponent for Trump's re-election. If that's the case then Sanders is a sitting duck. No way he can stop the online propaganda, fake news & hacking efforts.

You don’t know what socialism brings either...Communism isn’t Socialism. If people don’t realize how helpful and awesome government programs are, than I can’t help.

 

Yeah, I think that’s why Poland’s decided to try racism, white nationalism, and xenophobia again. Sanders isn’t a communist, but apparently you can’t read English since multiple users have said this before. 
 

No, that is something Democrats are united on. Stop, no. Cut down on the number of (by many), yes.

 

Or we’ll actually realize the best system of Socialism, and we will have actually “Made America Great Again”. I’ll admit that Sanders would be first choice to initiate that, but I’ll take what I can get.

 

I’ll take help where I can get it, that’s politics baby. They’re wrong about him being an easy opponent though. The left has some propaganda at the ready, so I wouldn’t be concerned :d

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19 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

The left has some propaganda

 

Speaking about Communist propaganda, The best one was for sure that in the USA there no spa  :lol: click on subtitles

 

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23 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

You don’t know what socialism brings either...Communism isn’t Socialism. If people don’t realize how helpful and awesome government programs are, than I can’t help.

 

Yeah, I think that’s why Poland’s decided to try racism, white nationalism, and xenophobia again. Sanders isn’t a communist, but apparently you can’t read English since multiple users have said this before. 
 

No, that is something Democrats are united on. Stop, no. Cut down on the number of (by many), yes.

 

Or we’ll actually realize the best system of Socialism, and we will have actually “Made America Great Again”. I’ll admit that Sanders would be first choice to initiate that, but I’ll take what I can get.

 

I’ll take help where I can get it, that’s politics baby. They’re wrong about him being an easy opponent though. The left has some propaganda at the ready, so I wouldn’t be concerned :d

 

Sure, Poland has no idea what communism or sociallism is but a 20-year old American knows it better. I almost admire your naivety :coffee:

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Speaking about Communist propaganda, The best one was for sure that in the USA there no spa  :lol: click on subtitles

 

 

Given Olympian's love for sociallism he'd be spreading the same propaganda if he was born few decades earlier IMO :p

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11 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Sure, Poland has no idea what communism or sociallism is but a 20-year old American knows it better. I almost admire your naivety :coffee:

And I admire your lack of imagination, research, and knowledge on the subject matter.

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9 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Given Olympian's love for sociallism he'd be spreading the same propaganda if he was born few decades earlier IMO :p

Given you love for ignorance, I’m surprised you’re not spreading creationism or flat-Earth theories.

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1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

And I admire your lack of imagination, research, and knowledge on the subject matter.

 

Poland doesn't need any imagination or research anymore. 45 years of Soviet rule gaves us - and Hungary, ex-Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania etc. - hard evidence on the matter. And we all decided to get rid of this wonderful system called communism :bye:

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