[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[heywoodu 16,459]

8 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

Authoritarianism is simply a better political system than liberal democracy especially in a time of a global crisis

 

Now that is one messed up way of thinking. Mostly because it suggests also in normal times having a dictator is better. We've seen there are certain countries which did indeed fair better with a dictator than they do without one, sadly, but that's obviously not the case everywhere.

[Olympian1010 8,297]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Now that is one messed up way of thinking. Mostly because it suggests also in normal times having a dictator is better. We've seen there are certain countries which did indeed fair better with a dictator than they do without one, sadly, but that's obviously not the case everywhere.

Plus, I feel like his statement suggests that we should take every country at their word for their numbers. To be honest, I don’t think a single country is telling the truth. It is, what it is. 

[heywoodu 16,459]

4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Plus, I feel like his statement suggests that we should take every country at their word for their numbers. To be honest, I don’t think a single country is telling the truth. It is, what it is. 

 

I don't think many countries are lying about their numbers, I do think many countries don't have the full picture because it's all rather chaotic.

[Olympian1010 8,297]

Ah, the wonders of unlimited gun access 

 

Even with our “strong” gun laws, we’re no match for conservative lobby groups in the national government 

 

[Olympian1010 8,297]

The fact that 2 of the five biggest bumps on here are after Obama’s and Trump’s election says a lot of worrying things about where this country heading...

 

[hckošice 16,605]

and lose EU court challenge for refusing Refugee quotas, but not because we "showed solidarity" and accepted 500 christian refugees

[Monzanator 5,093]

20 minutes ago, hckosice said:

and lose EU court challenge for refusing Refugee quotas, but not because we "showed solidarity" and accepted 500 christian refugees

 

The whole relocation plan is dead anyway (since the fall of 2017) so even our resident anti-government media barely mentioned the TSUE verdict. Everyone knows it's completely worthless. Hell, EU needed almost five years to finally make a final decision, it's dust in the wind

[Olympian1010 8,297]

 

[Monzanator 5,093]

That's Sir Keir Stramer. How on Earth do the Labour want to secure the blue-collar voters when their party is led by an Oxford graduate lawyer who has been knighted?

[Olympian1010 8,297]

This is well written article about Calexit:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190221-what-if-california-seceded-from-the-us

 

I’ve some other articles that bring up better points and scenarios, but this one is good too.