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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Con has infected political systems across the globe
He thinks governments are beholden to him and his interests.
If you want to know how well this is going ask Bibi.
Justice is coming.
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The Con has infected political systems across the globe (Original Post)
malaise
Sep 2019
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hlthe2b
(102,219 posts)1. Many deserve a reckoning, but I can not be disappointed that Bibi is among the first.
I only hope we can withstand all the damageTrump and his "complicits" have wrought...
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. Boris is next
malaise
(268,911 posts)6. Bibi, Boris and Bozo
the driver of the clown car
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)2. I have noticed that.
He is setting a very bad example for other countries who may have wanted to emulate the USA, it seems.
Not only that, but his poor behavior as a "leader" of a democracy tends toward encouraging and emboldening abusive, authoritarian systems and leaders, as well as inspiring more populist, right-leaning movements.
No, this train wreck conductor is a pox on the planet, politically and the infection is global.
Sorry World!
Maxheader
(4,372 posts)4. "emboldening abusive, authoritarian systems and leaders,"
we've played this script before...
amelia marcos..sha of iran...
kentuck
(111,078 posts)5. He has upset the already unstable balance that leaders were trying to maintain.
He is rather like a loose cannon.