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Trump learning the Netanyahu strat (lemmy.world)
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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In reality it's more like:

Ukraine: "Elections are impossible in the middle of our country being invaded and a good third of it being in enemy hands."

US: "Imma invade you, bitch. Then Greenland is next. Or Mexico, I don't fucking know."

Everybody else: "No, America, sweetie..."

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    Also, the Ukrainian constitution already forbade elections while under national emergency before the war started. Even if it was somehow possible to run a fair election while a huge chunk of the population cannot be reached with ballots, the government would have had to violate the constitution in order to hold it

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think it's in the Ukrainian constitution. It wasn't something they just did recently.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    That makes sense. And the difference is the American constitution says the opposite (or more accurately, doesn't have any exceptions). We've had elections during every war and conflict that coincided with an election. Lincoln was reelected during the Civil war.

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