the reason that germany is a democracy is a system of ex post facto punishment, often lethal, levied against the previous government, and the only reason that hungary is trending towards democracy is that fidesz is being persecuted out of existence and its politicians are banned from power

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Look, I know it’s overused, but

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One would be good and the other would be bad because one cause is good and the other is bad. We are not in the realm of procedural justice concerns anymore, liberalism is not obligated to be neutral on the question of its own existence.

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because it is good to punish our enemies who are so arrogant in their power that they feel comfortable acting in broad daylight as they subvert not only our democracy but democracies in the global south

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YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING starts out like a fascinatingly weird and intimate character study-meets-cat/mouse game, then slowly reveals itself to be something much grimier, darker, seedier, and more thoroughly - and almost manically - american. masterpiece. go see it in a theater if you can.

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