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[ponchi101]

It is a very bad turn.
But it can't be sending shockwaves. Her victory was expected; all polls had her as the winner.
Europe is slowly turning right wing. It is not only Italy; you have Hungary and Poland.

[skatingfan]

It is a very bad turn.
But it can't be sending shockwaves. Her victory was expected; all polls had her as the winner.
Europe is slowly turning right wing. It is not only Italy; you have Hungary and Poland.

Also, given Europe's aging, and shrinking population a turn to the right is to be expected.

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[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

Now he can marry Anna Chapman and have weasels for babies...
Well, he was never going back to the USA or leave Russia, so this is an expected move.

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

If the UK goes, who goes down with them?
For example, I have always said that the reason I pay attention to the USA is because if the USA sinks, all of Latin America goes down with them. So, is there a similar relationship between the UK and some other regions?

[ti-amie]

Good question. Since they removed themselves from the EU there's a good possibility they're going to go down by themselves. I think. They haven't been able to forge those dynamic trading pacts with other countries that Boris et al swore were ready to be signed as soon as they were free from domination by Brussels.

[ti-amie]

I don't know how many here saw Rachel's show the other day where she played video of what happened to Mussolini. A lot of people were very upset about her showing it although she warned viewers for about five minutes that it wasn't pleasant viewing and children should probably not be in the room.

Tonight a woman on Twitter said comparing the newly elected President of Italy to Mussolini was racist.

[Owendonovan]

Once again the fantasy of trickle down economics rears its idiotic head. Why conservatives are called conservatives I don't understand. They're thieves, racists, homophobes, misogynists, and xenophobes. There's nothing conservative about these people, they're loud, brash, and often straight up ignorant about whatever they're yelling about at the moment. this world needs a deep cleaning of it's "leaders".

[ponchi101]

Well, the entire concept of "conservatism" is dumb from the start. They want to "conserve" the status quo, i.e. say NO to progress. It is particularly dumb when you see somebody from a minority that calls himself/herself conservative. If you were to apply conservatism back in time, such a person would basically have no rights.
One problem is that since we glorify the past so continuously, people fall for that trap without thinking about what that really means. You saw it in the USA with MAGA, which begged the question: when was AMERICA great, to the point of wanting to go back? This weekend we saw it in Italy, a few weeks ago, we saw it in Sweden.
But remember. These people get voted into power. Sometimes, it is not the politicians; the masses that elect them bear a lot of the blame (says a guy whose country voted itself into a dictatorship and ruin).

[Owendonovan]

I don't know how many here saw Rachel's show the other day where she played video of what happened to Mussolini. A lot of people were very upset about her showing it although she warned viewers for about five minutes that it wasn't pleasant viewing and children should probably not be in the room.

Tonight a woman on Twitter said comparing the newly elected President of Italy to Mussolini was racist.

So, comparing a white person to another white person is racism?

[ti-amie]

I don't know how many here saw Rachel's show the other day where she played video of what happened to Mussolini. A lot of people were very upset about her showing it although she warned viewers for about five minutes that it wasn't pleasant viewing and children should probably not be in the room.

Tonight a woman on Twitter said comparing the newly elected President of Italy to Mussolini was racist.

So, comparing a white person to another white person is racism?

Look.

[ti-amie]

Krushchev famously pounded his shoe on the podium at the UN and said to the West "we will bury you".

All these years later this guy has updated the phrasing, if the translation is legit.