Holy shit; I thought at first that this was about the US state
And nothing about that seemed all that out of place 😕
Seems like their actual name is translated as Sakartvelo, we should use that. And when the state of Georgia is in a headline it should be “The US state of Georgia.”
Endonyms are cool and based
I would not be at all surprised if GA tried to ban Democrats in general. And SCROTUS would sit on their butts until after the election to take it up
They’re already doing that here in Ohio
sigh I stop paying attention to my state government for five fucking minutes…
Atlantan here; same. 😬
Default country syndrome.
It’s also within reason for a southern state to pull shit like this.
Why bother with opposition parties when your country is a Russian vassal state?
I always thought of Georgia as a country that hates Russia, given the whole Abkhazia and South Ossetia thing
Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. That success likely had a role in why they continued with Ukraine in 2014.
That was then, this is now. Russia doesn’t control it yet, but this is the step to that.
Huh what? They absolutely do control those two regions.
I meant Georgia as a whole.
Politics are complicated, especially in post-Soviet bloc countries e.g. the lingering effects of Russification. But anytime a ruling party is looking to dissolve all opposition parties, and label them as criminals, it’s because they feel threatened in some way.
This is likely what’s going to happen with Taiwan and China eventually.
China will never rule Taiwan, they’re not gonna start a war with all their trading partners over an island. It’s a nationalist rallying cry, nothing more.
Unless Trump wins.
Then, it’s open season for dictators all over the world.
China plans to conquer Taiwan from the inside via clandestine elected officials who will pass laws to lower the walls for China to politically “invade”
Unfortunately from the last elections (the pro Beijing KMT party sneakily taking majority), it’s already working…before the citizens realize it, Taiwan will share the some authoritarian shithole regime appointed by the CCP and any talk that is not about the glory of China or unification will be a “separatist” 'national security threat"
Remember Hong Kong
What does this influence look like? Is it like the interference in elections elsewhere? Do they fund politicians like in the Philippines or Hungary or is it more like social media campaigns? What else should we be aware of?
Exactly. China doesn’t need to start a war to take Taiwan. Win an election one time, then aggressively change the rules to keep your party in power permanently.
They already have parliament majority. Now they just need to unseat Lai with their own zealot as president and Taiwan is fucked. Not a single army boot will step foot in either (not until they have control anyway)
Maybe.
You’ve got it reversed, the u.s. isn’t going to war with a super power over a country most people can’t point to on a map. It’s even a question how far sanctions would go if they invaded, if you look at the Russian example the sanctions are pretty half ass and Russian petroleum is still flowing to the west, maybe less but they’re still taking in money and there economy is doing way better then before the invasion. For all the talk westerners aren’t willing to go cold in the winter or pay more at the pump for Ukraine.
That’s for a country with a way smaller role in the global supply chain, fuck dying for Taiwan the real question is whether Americans could give up their cheap consumerist bullshit for Taiwan. China knows this too, it’s just whether they want to act on it and make themselves a pariah state.
I honestly couldn’t tell at first if this was about the country called Georgia or the American state called Georgia. It could honestly apply to both.
I hope the people of the nation of Georgia are able to overcome Putlers influence.
Y’know, I’m pretty sure it’s a big red flag if anyone or anything is “going North Korea”.
I don’t think that I’d call this “North Korea”. China isn’t even North Korea, and China’s a one party state that outright prohibits parties from existing that oppose the ruling party.
There’s a spectrum of political repression, and North Korea is pretty far down it.
I take your point, but I wouldn’t categorise NK as being pretty far down the road in terms of political repression.
Try and oppose the Kim’s and see how long you continue breathing.
Don’t they also arrest your close circle and put them in an internment camp? You know to make sure your ideas did not leak out.
I hate this, always wanted to visit Georgia, seems like a gorgeous country.
And their people seem super friendly. Every Georgian I’ve came across online have been extremely nice.
You still can, it’s not fucked… Yet.
Now this is giving me splinter cell vibes. I hope the CIA is not missing any agents in the area.
Funny you mentioned, I’ve been thinking about the first Splinter Cell game lately lol.
Wasn’t it also the first ghost reacon?
Hey, the best way to win is to ban the competition… says Russia, China, North Korea, heck even Cuba.
And look at how awesome that worked for Cuba, NK, China and ruzzia.
Bernie Sanders would like a word.
Trump said it best, “Why even have elections?”.
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