Georgia goes ‘North Korea’ with bombshell plan to ban main opposition parties
Georgia goes ‘North Korea’ with bombshell plan to ban main opposition parties
mozz @mbin.grits.dev Holy shit; I thought at first that this was about the US state
And nothing about that seemed all that out of place 😕
164 9 Replydan1101 @lemm.ee 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."
41 1 Replyrockerface 🇺🇦 @lemm.ee Endonyms are cool and based
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Tiefling IRL @lemmy.blahaj.zone 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
28 2 ReplyEezyville @sh.itjust.works They're already doing that here in Ohio
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grue @lemmy.world Atlantan here; same. 😬
10 1 ReplySaprophyte @lemmy.world Augusta, also same 😐
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where_am_i @sh.itjust.works Default country syndrome.
2 1 ReplyDuamerthrax @lemmy.world It's also within reason for a southern state to pull shit like this.
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Flying Squid @lemmy.world Why bother with opposition parties when your country is a Russian vassal state?
63 0 ReplyCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca I always thought of Georgia as a country that hates Russia, given the whole Abkhazia and South Ossetia thing
30 0 Replytroed @fedia.io Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. That success likely had a role in why they continued with Ukraine in 2014.
36 0 ReplyFlying Squid @lemmy.world That was then, this is now. Russia doesn't control it yet, but this is the step to that.
25 0 Replycircuscritic @lemmy.ca 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.
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N0body @lemmy.dbzer0.com This is likely what’s going to happen with Taiwan and China eventually.
3 7 ReplyCorvid @lemmy.world 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.
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harrys_balzac @lemmy.dbzer0.com 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.
57 3 ReplySaprophyte @lemmy.world Thanks to laws passed by Trump allies in the state Legislature, Raffensperger has been removed from the election board. Other members were removed as well, eventually handing control of the board to a three-member MAGA majority that is dedicated not to free and fair elections but to elections that Trump can win. Trump himself, at a recent rally in Georgia, celebrated those three members, by name, as his “pitbulls” for victory.
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Astronauticaldb @lemmy.world Y'know, I'm pretty sure it's a big red flag if anyone or anything is "going North Korea".
33 0 Replytal @lemmy.today 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.
7 13 Replyslickgoat @lemmy.world 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.
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Hawk @lemmy.dbzer0.com I hate this, always wanted to visit Georgia, seems like a gorgeous country.
24 0 ReplyPlopp @lemmy.world And their people seem super friendly. Every Georgian I've came across online have been extremely nice.
9 0 ReplyABCDE @lemmy.world You still can, it's not fucked.. Yet.
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skozzii @lemmy.ca Trump said it best, "Why even have elections?".
21 0 Replyravhall @discuss.online Hey, the best way to win is to ban the competition… says Russia, China, North Korea, heck even Cuba.
20 0 Replyjonwyattphillips @lemmy.ml Anyone pay attention to most recent Venezuelan election?
7 0 Replytroglodytis @lemmy.world Ignoring results is different. Pinky promise
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werefreeatlast @lemmy.world And look at how awesome that worked for Cuba, NK, China and ruzzia.
2 1 ReplyTokenBoomer @lemmy.world Bernie Sanders would like a word.
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Dazed_Confused @lemmy.world Now this is giving me splinter cell vibes. I hope the CIA is not missing any agents in the area.
12 2 ReplyTankovayaDiviziya @lemmy.world Funny you mentioned, I've been thinking about the first Splinter Cell game lately lol.
4 2 Replytelllos @lemmy.world Wasn't it also the first ghost reacon?
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