A female politician with a past checkered by scandal and accusations of corruption run for president against a sexist, obscenely rich oligarch-rapist. She lost because his populist promises were much more grandiose. He started selling the country out to his KGB handlers in Russia. The economy went entirely to the dogs. The public institutions were all undermined. All of his populist promises turned out to be egregious lies.
Finally, the people couldn’t stand it any longer. They went out into the streets by the million and refused to leave until the corrupt oligarch – rapist ran away. And the people started rebuilding the country that they themselves have allowed to slip into total shit.
It’s what happened in Ukraine, by the way.
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Have you read trim_c too?
http://trim-c.livejournal.com/1418592.html
and
http://trim-c.livejournal.com/1419029.html
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Wow, this is better than mine. The parallels are that obvious. Problem is, Americans are not going to protest or do anything. Consumer societies never do.
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We also have a gdp 1500% larger…. aka their living standard is what ours was in 1920’s (obviously ukraine has modern amenities in some capacity, which you know more than me).
Just saying that despite the unequal share of wealth, we are so weallthy and advanced its hard to compare to ukraine in any serious way.
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Oh absolutely. They have a civil society and here there’s none. Just consumers. There, change is still possible. Here, it’s not.
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Here is the article in English:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2016/11/10/the-eerie-parallels-between-the-us-election-and-the-downfall-of-ukraine/#65b12c462003
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Wow! Everybody is writing about this! I swear I had no idea.
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I bet that the Americans didn’t think it could happen to them but then most of them don’t know about Ukraine. I don’t think we will see much in the way of thousands of protesters. A few hundred maybe. We are stuck for four years, unfortunately. Great blog.
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Exactly. And thank you for reading.
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Do you think that either Trump or Yanukovych cheated to get into office?
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Unfortunately, not. People want that kind of a horrible leader. 😞
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Beautifully written, thank you. Posted a link in my FB.
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Clarissa, you will probably love this:
Minister gives Russia $50,000 drone on whim, crimping research and breaking rule
Uri Ariel impulsively gifts Dimitri Medvedev advanced aircraft used for surveying crops; he wanted the software too, but didn’t get it
http://www.timesofisrael.com/minister-gives-russia-50000-drone-on-whim-crimping-research-and-breaking-rule/
In other, less funny for me news, nationalistic-religious indoctrination in Israeli education strengthens daily:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4794762,00.html
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Do not miss:
Sky gazers around the world marvel at ‘supermoon’
Earth’s satellite appears bigger and brighter tonight than at any time since 1948
http://www.timesofisrael.com/sky-gazers-around-the-world-marvel-at-supermoon/
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