Helen121

helen121.bsky.social

19 October 2026 18:25

At the moment, yes. As Trump is bypassing the courts, and Congress, you could also call it an elected dictatorship? As well as a kleptocracy. It's going to give political scientists and historians material for centuries to come!

Xiggy Fox

xiggyfox.bsky.social

19 October 2026 09:20

He did indeed, Lenin tried to urge anyone but him (possibly Trotsky, but no clear person was picked, and his letter critical of Stalin was purged, leaving us with Trotsky's word while in exile)

Barbara

barbaramue.bsky.social

19 October 2026 09:19

I can tell you why. It's very simple: Because Russian gas and oil isn't cheap but a political tool and Russia is attacking Ukraine and Europe and underming the West as a whole with a hybrid war.

Mial Pagan

mialp.bsky.social

19 October 2026 09:19

And to what extent are Putin and others funding the unrest? Warfare on the cheap for a dictator in a disastrous war of his own starting and in his final throes of power.

Kieran

nugmonster.cryptoanarchy.network

19 October 2026 09:18

I too think politicians hanging around with criminals is disgusting. Especially when those criminals are the president of a political party and the courts give that man name suppression to protect his party from being associated with his rape of minors.