Populist party of billionaire Andrej Babiš wins big in Czech parliamentary election (www.pbs.org)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 06 Oct 10:05
https://lemmy.world/post/36962687

Babiš’s victory deprives Ukraine of a staunch supporter and steers Czechia toward the pro-Russian path taken by Hungary and Slovakia.

He is expected to join the ranks of Viktor Orbán of Hungary and Robert Fico of Slovakia, whose countries have refused to provide military aid to Ukraine, continue to import Russian oil and oppose sanctions on Russia.

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4_degrees@lemmy.world on 06 Oct 12:01 next collapse

Surely it will work out well here, right?

realitista@lemmus.org on 06 Oct 15:17 next collapse

I don’t understand how cockroaches like him and Trump and Farange keep crawling out from under their turd piles even after they get exposed.

SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world on 06 Oct 19:57 collapse

Because - despite what they usually claim - their supporters don’t actually care about what’s right, but only whatever will enrich themselves and/or give them more power (which indirectly leads to financial benefits). Most of them are lying, manipulative scum with the self-awareness of a pebble, and the empathy of a shark that hasn’t eaten in several weeks.

jobbies@lemmy.zip on 06 Oct 15:54 collapse

Is there literally no hope for the centre and left??

SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world on 06 Oct 20:07 collapse

Honestly, no - not in a direct fight. The wolves will eat whole-hog anyone with actual concern for other people. The quickest & most effective way to win against them, IMHO, is to let them have the power they want over their own base, and let that base see for themselves how the right feasts upon others indiscriminately - including upon on its own. Get out of the way as much as you can, and watch them self-destruct.

Unfortunately, there’ll be a fuck-ton of damage left behind in their wake, but that’s gonna happen anyway. The only way to minimize that is to take their bait, and flight what they’re doing. That’s going to drag things out much longer, and only has a moderate chance of avoiding the significant damage anyway.

Yeah, I’m cynical AF, but can you really blame me?