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Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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starkebn posted:

More elections should result in a spread of parties winning seats, it's the norm for most countries

And they're all doing so great because of it. Meanwhile China keeps losing.

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starkebn
May 18, 2004

"Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Bald Stalin posted:

And they're all doing so great because of it. Meanwhile China keeps losing.

democracy might be dogshit, but if we're doing it we might as well do it

swimsuit
Jan 22, 2009

yeah


he thinks hes taking part in democracy

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

15m-high snow sculpture helped build 'powerful' relationship between Tasmania and Japan

Endman
May 18, 2010

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even anime may die


It's a bit less ambitious than the original, but I have high hopes for the Tasmanian-Japanese co-prosperity sphere

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

swimsuit posted:



he thinks hes taking part in democracy

It's Democracy Manifest (tm), OP. :mad:

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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starkebn posted:

democracy might be dogshit, but if we're doing it we might as well do it

Real D&D vibes, sorry. "Thing that hasn't prevented collapse elsewhere will be better here because [??????]"

What? How? Why?

Like people in Cali politics thread thinking preferential voting would solve homelessness despite knowing homelessness is growing in Australia.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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This one weird trick, the bourgeoisie hates it!

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

starkebn posted:

democracy might be dogshit, but if we're doing it we might as well do it

Democracy is not a decorative ornament, but an instrument for addressing the issues that concern the people. Whether a country is democratic depends on whether its people are truly the masters of the country; whether the people have the right to vote, and more importantly, the right to participate extensively; whether they have been given verbal promises in elections, and more importantly, how many of these promises are fulfilled after elections; whether there are set political procedures and rules in state systems and laws, and more importantly, whether these systems and laws are truly enforced; whether the rules and procedures for the exercise of power are democratic, and more importantly, whether the exercise of power is genuinely subject to public scrutiny and checks.

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
also china has 9 parties (including the taiwan democratic self-government league lol), 7 people's organisations (including a women's federation and another taiwan org) and reserved seats for ethnic minorities in the CPPCC

crepeface has issued a correction as of 04:34 on Mar 25, 2024

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
https://x.com/Consortiumnews/status/1771916538905534625?s=20

quote:

Chaos at Sydney's Port Botany last night as protestors blockaded a ZIM Shipping boat bound for Israel. 19 were arrested including Maritime Union of Australia branch secretary Paul Keating. They now face fines that have recently been increased to $22K and up to two years jail. Angry that Australia is providing military aid to a plausible genocide in Gaza, the crowd chanted: "ZIM Shipping out of Australia!", "Ceasefire now!" and "Albanese, blood on your hands!".
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edit: oops, meant to post this in the israel/palestine thread. oh well.

crepeface has issued a correction as of 05:59 on Mar 25, 2024

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Paul Keating, the man that ushered neoliberalism into Australia, one of the least bad? lmao

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019


crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

Bald Stalin posted:

Paul Keating, the man that ushered neoliberalism into Australia, one of the least bad? lmao

he's just doing a Deng and waiting for the Australian Xi to emerge.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
you realize that’s a different Paul keating right

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

you realize that’s a different Paul keating right

goddamnit

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
i've made a numbe rof posting errors lately... is this it's like to feel your age

toggle
Nov 7, 2005

Endman posted:

It's a bit less ambitious than the original, but I have high hopes for the Tasmanian-Japanese co-prosperity sphere

japanese just can’t get enough of those tarkine wood chips!

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

That $4.6B Aukus money is going to "help create" 1,000 more jobs


in the UK


$4.6M / job. Anyone know where to apply for one of these?

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1773492769253921039?s=20

not sure it's good tho. this guy has been covering assange for ages (at the courthouse)

https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/1773015205343060044?s=20

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Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Journalist exposing bourgeois crimes? Torture, and silence from the Australian government.

Chinese double agent caught doing spy poo poo by the Chinese? Penny Wong very upset because

Meanwhile protestors trying to stop genocide at Melbourne dockyards are shot with rubber bullets by vicpol and ABC doesn't report jack.

Very good stuff.

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