CarmineCatboy2

well, if thats the strat he might as well try and rob labour of a seat while at it. whoever that challenger is - wether it's corbyn himself or some other independent - you have to diminish the unearned labour power.

I didn't look at the New York Times articles that were linked to.

sounds like you have a tendency to resist leaving your ideological tribal traps

I was under the impression that the labor party was purged. Do left-wing challengers even exist?

were you surprised to discover that the new york crimes echoes the same ecofascist genocidal sentiments that we see on reddit

they aren't anything new and have been around since at least the green revolution (in their modern iteration)

"ZOMG1!!!!1 LOOK AT THE FASCISTS ON REDDIT!!! WERE AMAZING AND THEIR STOOPID!!!"

are you... personally invested in this?

You're talking about Reddit, not the New York Times.

whats the difference

one easy trick to get rid of the israeli ambassador

Propaganda is calling it a Russian Law, nevermind the fact that its normal and more american than anything.

The slightly more reasoned argument is that the 'law will be used disproportionately'. Which is obviously true. NGO coups is what NATO does these days so of course we'll find out that the NGOs are all funded by the NED and so on. A single issue person who just wants to join the EU and sees a form of prosperity in doing so doesn't have to be a cynic or paid off to oppose the law. The question is how independent the georgian political system really is.

People tend to look at national, state by state maps, and reach the conclusion that there are conservative and pro labour belts. In reality it's almost always contested:

The rule of thumb is the same as in the US. There are religious conservative voters everywhere, but large cities trend young and more likely to vote leftward. Rural areas will vote for whoever aligns with the most environmental destruction. You can pretty much tell where the large agglomerations are in São Paulo:

The exception is Rio de Janeiro, where the political system is controlled by a fragmented criminal watershed, and the most organized groups are evangelical gangs and narco-militias who are also allied with evangelical megachurches.

Even so, the brazilian north-east has a relatively small population. Even if its a 'red' zone it still relies on leftward votes from elsewhere in the country. Minas Gerais is a southeastern state, but it's the size of France and borders almost every other region. It's considered a thermometer for the national mood regardless of party affiliation. And votes with the winning president every time.

TL;DR the elections were won with a 50.9% of the votes. There's no electoral college and either sides' voters are pretty much everywhere.

you are being ageist against the american senatorial elite, do better

Probably yeah, in the westphalian state. They have territory, they have police and militaries and they have a monopoly of violence. Sure, what they can do has real constraints but that is true for all states, truest for all small states and all states in NATO. No sovereign nation is absolutely independent and sovereign of everybody else. Not even China and the US, who are dependent on each other.

To say otherwise leads into the trap of claiming that the moment Russia demanded Ukraine not join NATO and not bomb Donbass they were trying to erase Ukrainian statehood. That's the reverse of reality. When you're talking to someone, even forcefully, you do so first with recognition. Even if the US just gives marching orders to governors in NATO or the military of Pakistan, those states will exist.

When Turkey's dictator is more of a democrat than any western ruler. Erdogan is clearly shook by the local elections result.