2016 U.S. Presidential Elections: The Circus Is In Full Swing
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Untitled. said:
I don't know, is that supposed to rile me up or make me look like a hypocrite? I completely agree with you. I hate Finnish politics. We elected a mother****ing fundamentalist Christian businessman as PM and now everybody hates him because surprise surprise, he can't actually run a country. He's also threatening freedom of the press constantly and essentially forcing the state-funded press channels to stay quiet about his bad sides via power of his office. Trust me I have nothing good to say about the current politics in here.
That being said I don't see what humor there should be in politics. Politics is about the governance of millions of people as fairly and beneficially as possible, it's not something that should be approached from a standpoint which considers lack of humor a loss.
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Yes I'm from God's good country, not that grumpy backwater colony.
You've been pretty backwater since June. Get with the times.
I mean, fat guy calling out hypocritical politicians is great, even if he too is a crook and about as competent as any of the other guys.
Pretty sure he also leaves religion mostly out of his political standpoints, which is actually a fairly good trait for a serious politician in a secular country.
Nah, I was just stating my opinion since I am Finnish as well.Das Knecht said:
But he's the only good guy.Das Knecht said:
I mean, fat guy calling out hypocritical politicians is great, even if he too is a crook and about as competent as any of the other guys.Pretty sure he also leaves religion mostly out of his political standpoints, which is actually a fairly good trait for a serious politician in a secular country.
I would agree with you if we had a different kind of democracy. I can't take Finnish politics seriously either way, so I get more enjoyment/happiness out of it if I can laugh at it.Das Knecht said:
Das Knecht said:
Personally, I think that's ****ing hilarious. But I didn't vote for Johnson really. There was a real chance to get the libertarian party some federal funding next election cycle. Personally, I think they need to be getting people to run for Governor, Senate, and the House to start building legitimacy. But fundamentally, I do side more with Libertarian views than I do with Republican or Democrat.
Mage246 said:
Dude, Trump is better than Hillary, however, I still didn't even vote for the ****ing dude. He's going to be the next president, and I think he is showing better characteristics now than he did during the campaign season is all I was getting at. Hillary, on the other hand, is a ****ing weasel, and there's nothing people can say to change my opinion of her. Again, it's a military thing in the US; maybe I've bought into the culture, but she is the antithesis of everything I hold as important.
Untitled. said:
You've got to be ****ting me. YLE is what you call a "pretty corrupt organization"? What, going by the fact that its de facto leader will do anything to keep YLE's funding from the government? Baseless allegations like that won't even tarnish the surface of YLE.
Comrade Temuzu said:
If you consider them to be nothing of value then you've either got a very skewed and cynical view of media in general (more likely) or you think genuinely believe that most of modern society is *also* "nothing of value". Free press represents many of the values we hold dear in a free democracy.
YLE, despite officially being non-political, is a pretty big propaganda machine for touting different state interests, which should be obvious to pretty much anyone. You honestly sound a little bit like a fanboy in that last post. But I admit I might be biased because I have friends and relatives who (have) work(ed) for YLE and aren't great fans of the organization either.
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