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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

Venezuela is an authoritarian regime not because the US is “meddling in its elections” but because the current leader is a despot who faked the election results.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Obviously. But I’m referring to why this was planned, ie. some events led to this being deemed necessary. I’m guessing it’s alt-right radicalisation and post-truth politics, and not the recent Israeli Invasion of Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Hopefully this is more aimed at far right anti immigration bullshit

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair India has the biggest population on earth, like 5+ times US population. Per capita statistics would be more interesting here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Well Biden was 2 points behind if you want to compare

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

60% about

Problem is media reports on 60% as if it is a sure thing, when 40% is a really big chance…

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Fuck Putler

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Sounds like they don’t sail the high seas

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

A poll is just an estimate. Obviously we will never know. But were the election held a couple months ago (vs Biden) Trump would have about an 85% chance of winning according to the best statistical models. (Source: used to work as data scientist for a major pollster and obsess over this stuff for fun)

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yet he was leading in popular vote pols for a solid 9 months before Biden dropped out. If Biden had stayed, he would likely have won the popular vote.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I used to be in favour of a federal europe until I saw America go to shit with Trump elected in 2016.

Now I’m more ambivalent. The confederation model sounds better…

(Confederation is an alliance where members retain sovriginity) Not talking about the US confederacy

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (7 children)

According to an interesting book I read a couple years ago called american nations, more like 9

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