Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz
"It's a very big country, you see."
A single swallow doesn't mean it's summer.
I'm with you on the shifting baseline (towards the right), but to call Die Linke "centrist" or "centre-left"... Let's say: perhaps it's the overcorrection we need.
This is amazing.
democracy is a mechanism for selecting leadership
No, it's not. Or well, it's more than that -- especially ideologically. Quod omnes tangit, ab omnibus approbari debet -- "what concerns everyone must be approved by everyone".
It's also very rainy and windy.
And come on, not every city is like SanFran -- it's disengenious to imply so.
What do you mean, "overturn democracy"? South Korea was under authoritarian regime when it was invaded by North Korea + USSR.
The government in South Korea was basically a war crimes machine being driven by an evil dictator.
So... like the North?
This is Freedom Fighters for me.
I'll explain. People get annoyed because you are proudly ignorant of 2000 years of history and tons of cultural differences.
spheres of influence
Let's aim for a world without spheres of influence, shall we?