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[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread


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9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Here's a toast to ruthless dictators! :woohoo: 

This pretty much sums up the last 5 years of global politics. :(

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

Vladko Putin is going to pass a new law, which will allow him to be President until 2036, when he will be 83 years old. :bowdown: :bowdown: The guy can truly do it all. 

Why only till 2036? Maybe he wants to retire just after hosting the Olympics for a last time?

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.
 

 

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Just now, Federer91 said:

There are still going to be elections :d Gonna take the peoples love. 

Yep, definitely free, fair, and transparent elections...?

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1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yep, definitely free, fair, and transparent elections...?

 

Putin doesn't need to rig elections, people there actually do love him in their twisted way :d 

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27 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

This is exactly how someone (or a party) justifies killing democracy by rigging an election...

Polish politics is a two-party system for the last 15 years. We're learning from the most experienced democracies very fast indeed :p

 

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28 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 

Putin doesn't need to rig elections, people there actually do love him in their twisted way :d 

Yeah...I highly doubt that...

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3 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Polish politics is a two-party system for the last 15 years.

While in my city (Swarzędz) none of the mayors for last 12 years has been a member of any party, while the deputy, who was interim mayor in 2007-2008 was from another party than the two leading ones.

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31 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

While in my city (Swarzędz) none of the mayors for last 12 years has been a member of any party, while the deputy, who was interim mayor in 2007-2008 was from another party than the two leading ones.

Who needs Swarzedz when Poznan is ruled by basically the same party since 1989? :p (since Civic Platform & Freedom Union is the same kind of liberal show to begin with). So, it's not even a two-party crap in the biggest city of your region!

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OK, so let's count it the other way.

 

Out of 2475 mayors (whatever we call them in Poland - prezydent, burmistrz, wójt) - 2007 are non-party ones. More to say - PSL has much more mayors than PO, which includes 3 times more of "burmistrz" than PO (while "wójt" is obviously their strongest part of the statistics).

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