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Right leg hospital, left leg cemetery!
As a croat i have to say our government is a circus and don't take them seriously they all are bunch of corrupted idiots. >

As a Slovene, I can say the same. Our dumb prime minister said a while ago that the Western Balkans are on Russia's side. Our dumb foreign minister said there can be no peace or stability in Europe without Russia. We're still waiting for comments from our dumb Karen of a president. It's a shitshow, led by sympathizers of the old communist regime. >

Interesting. I am rather surprised that’s the case. I’m in a discord with a bunch of Slovenes, they never talk about domestic politics. American politics though… Like they post stories from L.A. It’s weird. I am thinking about trying to learn some basic Slovenian actually. >

Americas greatest export is its politics. >

As an American, I think UK politics are more fun.  If there were easily available English translations of other European Parliaments, I'd watch the fuck out of them.
Politics is best enjoyed when it's not happening to you. >


Politics is best enjoyed when it's not happening to you.

Agreed. I spent four years avoiding US politics except through the lens of UK comedy and news
Also, watching MPs give their PM shit during Question Time is delightful >

Prime minister's questions. Question time is a TV program run by the BBC where panelists, including MPs, are asked questions for debate by the public. >

Ugh, you're right! I stand corrected (that's what I get for commenting while seriously lacking in sleep) >

Sounds like a man that's just remembered he's visited a Russian hotel room in the past >

Absolutely. Russia's desperate. It smells like blackmail >

And urine >

A whole shower’s worth of it >

Honestly, how degrading/outright evil would the kompramat have to be that the better political calculation is simping for Putin at this point in time? Unless there's a yet undiscovered way to funnel Kremlin funny money into his bank account, I'd imagine it would have to be pretty twisted. I feel like most voters would respect a politician more if he/she just came out with the gigachad move and said, "Yeah, I let them shit on my chest, but I'm not going to cape for a terrorist regime." If "they" are 12, however, obviously it's a different story. It's also different, of course, if the Croatian electorate is more pro-Russia than I previously thought (I thought that was Serbia's thing). >


If "they" are 12, however, obviously it's a different story.

Yeah, I have a feeling that if the compromising material was just gross, people could get over it, but if it was illegal, it suddenly becomes a whole new level of messed up. Then it's been upgraded from public embarrassment to prison time and a forever tarnished reputation.
If the Kremlin has that kind of material on you, you'd sing to their tune as well. But hey, it would of course be a lot smarter if you didn't do that kind of nasty illegal shit in the first place. >

The scary thing about this is with the developments in deepfake technology, we're not far away from this sort of life changing evidence being manufactured by the state.
Which begs the question; once these things can be effectively 'faked', will it make blackmail more viable or less? Will it mean you can make it look like anyone has done anything? Or will it just give all the sleazy creeps who actually did horrible things an easy 'out'? >

Ultimately less viable, and the sleazy creeps as well as the blackmailed and attractive will have a way out. Deepfaked video just has to be shown out in court a couple times and then video footage will be heading the way of the lie detector test.
But there's going to be a really scary period in which you might get to watch yourself walk into a dark alley and set the place on fire because the guy who denied your claim wanted to burn the place down for some reason. >

Yeah. The easiest way out would be to make your own deep fakes of yourself in increasingly ridiculous situations to discredit whatever you're being blackmailed with. Alternatively, assuming you know the identity of your blackmailer, make your own deep fakes of them doing proper fucked up shit and "blackmail" them with M.A.D. >

Ahhh, the reverse Tyson zone! But you'd have to know you were a patsie ahead of time... Sweet Sixteenth gift is a "professional demo reel," get your life started on the right track? >

Croatia has a parliamentary system of government, like Germany.  The country is run in practice by the prime minister and the cabinet and most of the president's duties are ceremonial.  Maybe he would have a different attitude if Serbia snatched part of Croatia's territory and said it now belonged to a greater Serbia. >

Wouldn’t be the first time a purely ceremonial politician would say something controversial just to be in the news again. >

No but more often the ceremonial politician is there to say the most popular lines and deflect away from controversy >

That's the way with common sense. Nowadays we choose space cadets as rulers worldwide, aside from a handful of exceptions. >

And sometimes we make bets that produce will outlast the latest ruler. >

Most politicians end up beating the lettuce.
Also, no so fun fact: The Russian invasion in Ukraine was supposed to be over in 2 weeks, and the UK is on their 3rd prime minister since the invasion started. >

Guys you make it sound like we have a military to give. We have like 4 fighter jets and only 1 is functional. >

Plus Mirko Cro Cop >

Woah woah woah now, let's not start Armageddon okay? >

Don’t you mean Legmageddon?