Much ink spilled on this forum regarding the impending collapse of PiS.
In the same way - very few observers in the West believed that Erdogan could secure the election in Turkey. After all -
1) Turkey's currency had collapsed from less than 8 lira to the dollar, to 20
2) A devastating earthquake revealed systemic corruption and incompetence
3) The incumbent had been steering Turkey away from integration with the West, and instead towards a more Islamized and Ottomanized version of Turkey which would make Mustafa Kemal spin in his grave.
Yet Erdogan won all the same.
In the same vein, people predicted that Fidesz and Orban would come crashing out of power in Hungary. Instead, as Orban said, "We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels."
In America, people are anxiously waiting to see if Trump can stage a comeback. In Egypt, Sisi is as secure as he's ever been. In China - Xi has secured an unprecedented third term.
My question is - is it time to cast our silly differences aside and create a new global alliance of autocrats?
Europe can be represented by Fidesz, PiS, and United Russia. Three parties that have much more in common, than what sets them apart. These could be some of the key tenets around which they will rally:
1) Death to gays
2) Death to transformers
3) Death to Soros
4) Death to Donald Tusk
5) Increase global temperatures by 7 degrees, by 2050
6) Ban abortion with the exception of instances of gang rape (pending paternity test)
7) Germany must contribute 40% of budget expenses, for each country, under pain of nuclear annihilation
8) Brown people, black people, gypsies, Muslims, to be deported to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the far Arctic, to mine nickel with their bare hands
In the same way - very few observers in the West believed that Erdogan could secure the election in Turkey. After all -
1) Turkey's currency had collapsed from less than 8 lira to the dollar, to 20
2) A devastating earthquake revealed systemic corruption and incompetence
3) The incumbent had been steering Turkey away from integration with the West, and instead towards a more Islamized and Ottomanized version of Turkey which would make Mustafa Kemal spin in his grave.
Yet Erdogan won all the same.
In the same vein, people predicted that Fidesz and Orban would come crashing out of power in Hungary. Instead, as Orban said, "We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels."
In America, people are anxiously waiting to see if Trump can stage a comeback. In Egypt, Sisi is as secure as he's ever been. In China - Xi has secured an unprecedented third term.
My question is - is it time to cast our silly differences aside and create a new global alliance of autocrats?
Europe can be represented by Fidesz, PiS, and United Russia. Three parties that have much more in common, than what sets them apart. These could be some of the key tenets around which they will rally:
1) Death to gays
2) Death to transformers
3) Death to Soros
4) Death to Donald Tusk
5) Increase global temperatures by 7 degrees, by 2050
6) Ban abortion with the exception of instances of gang rape (pending paternity test)
7) Germany must contribute 40% of budget expenses, for each country, under pain of nuclear annihilation
8) Brown people, black people, gypsies, Muslims, to be deported to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the far Arctic, to mine nickel with their bare hands