It is 2026, and in a downbeat speech at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin finally announces a withdrawal from Ukraine. Russian troops have done their best – or worst – but a fresh influx of well-trained Ukrainians have finally prevailed. The Donbas is now in Kyiv’s grip, Crimea’s fall only days away. What has turned the
Exactly, you gotta put on a show for the hoi polloi every 4 years where people get to pick the clown that's going to be the face of the regime. It's a pretty clever system cause a lot of people get really invested in the whole elections business, and the idea of a deep state is dismissed as a cooky conspiracy theory by the mainstream media.
I don't expect US is ready to cancel elections just yet. :)
Ah, I thought you meant Ukrainian elections
oh those have been cancelled already
Our Election Spectacle Complex would never allow it.
Exactly, you gotta put on a show for the hoi polloi every 4 years where people get to pick the clown that's going to be the face of the regime. It's a pretty clever system cause a lot of people get really invested in the whole elections business, and the idea of a deep state is dismissed as a cooky conspiracy theory by the mainstream media.
Not just that though. There's so much money tied up in the election cycle now.
Oh yeah for sure, it's a whole industry now.