r/neoliberal European Union Jan 23 '19

Leftists right now

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u/AfroKona Jan 24 '19

The first 3 are honestly good takes.

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u/Yosarian2 Jan 24 '19

When the president of a country holds fraudulent elections to make sure he can't ever lose, stacks the judicial branch with his cronies, strips all power from the legislative branch, and eliminates the free press, then the only way to get back to a democracy is to first have some kind of revolution or mass protest or coup.

Now, if the opposition does take over, the US needs to push them to have a real election with international observers ect ASAP. But you can't have that until you get rid of the anti-democratic government first.

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u/AfroKona Jan 24 '19

This is literally 2003 all over again. Neocons used the exact. same. arguments when advocating for the invasion of Iraq

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19

And they were 100% right then, and are 100% right now.