RomCom1989

Sure,but Lenin didn't ship oil to the Americans while fighting the whites

Nor did he proceed to win and let the powers of the time run amok in Russia,that came later

I get your point,but is it crazy to say that they could've done more? What exactly is worth preserving in a leftist formation if for most of its existence it served as a helper to the US and Israel? Will the Kurds be any freer now? Will having the people who made multiple deals with multiple archduke's of hell to survive in charge be considered an acceptable price for completely selling out?

After 1990 the US was ascendant,and yet Cuba isn't a capitalist nation

I get not wanting more war in a place that bled for decades at this point,but cozying up with Turkey's hand puppet is not a moral move nor a winning move

I find it strange they are so open to collaborating with the Turkish puppet government

And when you keep their track record in mind,it certainly doesn't paint them in a favourable light

I'm not saying they should begin an all out assault,but such ready cooperation really doesn't seem like a good or particularly smart thing to do

I really don't get what is so defensible about this group

Do regular people really give a shit about this though?

Will this change any opinions within her voter base?

I can't call this convenient arrangement "facing accountability" because you just removed a piece off the board,creating a convenient situation for yourself

All it does is create resentment and create a surge in pro fascist sentiment People love an underdog story,and while this is marginally better than the open cowardice of the Democrats,it's still not to be praised,for the simple fact that people legitimately believe in the nonsense about how liberal democracy is supposed to function and creating situations where the far right comes out as the underdog does nothing but accelerate fascism

My takeaway is that while this is pleasant in the interim,down the line it does nothing but accelerate the rise of fascism

During the interwar period,the Nazi organization of my country,the Iron Guard,created a cult of martyrdom around those killed by the royal regime or locked up in the jails, and now with the arrest of Georgescu I see this sentiment begin to appear again amongst his followers

This is very much a negative,as this doesn't mean just the hardline neofascists,no,his coalition is made up of a plethora of disaffected voters,both here and abroad,from disillusioned diasporeans to even Ceausescu nostalgists

During last years elections I opted to not vote, because I thought that neither side needed or deserved my vote,but this time I will vote against the next in line of the fascist movement,Simion, who I think is way more savvy than his predecessor

I will vote with a somewhat progressive,pro vest candidate that actually is the mayor of the capital

And yes,you can grill my ass all you want,but there is no greens or PSL or anything of the sort here,no left alternative at all,so you figure that one out

Sure,get her ass for corruption,but let's not act like what's going on in the garden right now is anything but the pruning of less esthetically pleasing branches with rotten fruit on them

What the diligent horticulturalists in Brussels won't accept though is that these branches carry seed laden fruits that will create a whole new crop of flora once they hit the ground,one far more resilient and ruthless than their plant of origin,that will choke out their little floral arrangements and curated lawns, bringing the true jungle back home

The point is that centrists consolidating power like this isn't a good sign and that the only reason we're beginning to see these mechanisms used against the right is because there is no left

What Macron is doing and what happened in my country where the second round was annulled won't slow down fascism one bit,and will have severe repercussions down the line

Merely going after right wing figureheads and not creating a left populist alternative won't fix the problem

Don't get me wrong,I dislike both her and Georgescu,but I would rather not celebrate too loudly if I celebrated along with pro NATO eurolibs, because this ultimately serves only them and it will do nothing to stop the problem

boomtown

That's what they'll call the hoovervilles of the 21st century

When you turn on the lights,the roaches scramble

Imagine american hogs voting in britannian elections

I would pull a Chrysippus

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Marx quote about history repeating itself

Maybe he's trying to make a pair of glasses