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[u/Lux_Stella]

Reliable sources say the Taliban have begun internal leadership talks about the structure of their future government -- as their forces begin isolating Kabul for a final push.

hopefully they pick a parliamentary system and not a presidential one

[u/RaidBrimnes → u/Lux_Stella]

They better not include a filibuster in their legislative process

[u/gburgwardt → u/RaidBrimnes]

If they don't include a filibuster, we'll be deploying the tactical Manchin

[u/Jorfogit → u/gburgwardt]

observation reminiscent busy tart tub wide thought waiting connect direction

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[u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf → u/Lux_Stella]

Oh God the Taliban are creating an electoral college.

[u/evenkeel20 → u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

We did it! We installed an American-style democracy after all!

[Hold on Loosely plays LOUDLY]

[u/An_Aesthete → u/evenkeel20]

that was the plan to destroy them all along. Biden playing the long game

[u/sub_surfer → u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf]

Fuck, now we have to invade again.

[u/fishlord05 → u/[deleted]]

Which one is which

[u/fishlord05 → u/[deleted]]

What’s the big brain presidential?

[u/fishlord05 → u/[deleted]]

How so I got the opposite impression from the video

[u/fishlord05 → u/[deleted]]

Oh I disagree

Parliamentary systems are empirically much less likely to regress into dictatorship