Don't feed the troll.
European Politics
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Don't feed the troll.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Meliegree
Evening The Odds.
I can't wait for the presidential elections in Poland.
One of the candidates has a lot of scandals on his record and still has 25% support.
Scandal?
He agreed to take care of an old man in exchange for receiving an apartment from him after his death. When he became the old man's proxy on this basis, he sold the apartment to himself on his behalf and gave the old man to a social welfare home on the other side of the country. He didn't include this apartment in his tax return - journalists discovered it.
Additionally, he wrote history books under a pseudonym and used it to praise the candidate's intellect, i.e. his own.
One of the candidates has a lot of scandals on his record and still has 25% support.
Scandal?
He agreed to take care of an old man in exchange for receiving an apartment from him after his death. When he became the old man's proxy on this basis, he sold the apartment to himself on his behalf and gave the old man to a social welfare home on the other side of the country. He didn't include this apartment in his tax return - journalists discovered it.
Additionally, he wrote history books under a pseudonym and used it to praise the candidate's intellect, i.e. his own.
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
So, basically this meme?
His name is Karol Nawrocki, right? Currently reading a bit about him and his party. Oh boy.
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
One thing I found interesting about the recent months is that Trump's current actions have had a noticeable effect on the political landscape of the Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The respective conservative parties (just like in many other countries worldwide at the moment) were polling really well and basically were guaranteed to succeed. Due to the US, the liberal/progressive parties in these countries got an enormous boost, enough to overtake the conservatives.
Unfortunately the same doesn't seem to be happening in the non anglophone countries. Germany for example still has the AFD being enormously popular, despite now being classified as a right wing extremist endeavor. It does make sense in a way, since I'd assume most people are just thinking "who cares what happens in the US, that doesn't affect my life" and thus are only bothered with their own domestic politics. Annoyingly, despite what we'd like to think, what's happening in the US has a tendency to happen in the EU as well, or at the very least Germany is prone to that influence.
Unfortunately the same doesn't seem to be happening in the non anglophone countries. Germany for example still has the AFD being enormously popular, despite now being classified as a right wing extremist endeavor. It does make sense in a way, since I'd assume most people are just thinking "who cares what happens in the US, that doesn't affect my life" and thus are only bothered with their own domestic politics. Annoyingly, despite what we'd like to think, what's happening in the US has a tendency to happen in the EU as well, or at the very least Germany is prone to that influence.