The entire principle of authoritarianism is either public support or public apathy. An authoritarian regime is only as stable as its populace.
A government that butchers its people against the will of the populace cannot survive even if it is democratic. A government that butchers people with the will of the populace will survive regardless of whether or not it’s authoritarian.
See: Israel, America, Canada, Australia, UK
There’s no fundamental difference between a democratic and authoritarian government in this regard. The primary difference is (and has always been) whether property is managed as a function of the state (monarchies, socialism) or as a function of the individual (democracies, anarchy).
Well, that and the “people” that get killed in democracies are usually of a different skin colour than you, so maybe you just don’t care?
Do you not understand how North Korean defection usually works?
North Korea doesn’t care, because they know that a vast quantity go back and can be used as propaganda.
entirely peaceful, not projecting power or antagonizing regional powers
I wonder who’s meddling in South American affairs again…
Germany x Fascism 2: Electric Boogaloo
The really shocking thing about this claim is that it means North Korea isn’t really afraid of defectors anymore. I guess since a huge chunk of defectors end up returning to North Korea anyway?
Does anybody actually dislike this result?
It’s Russia’s fault that the DNC was caught. Clearly Russia is to blame for the DNC’s corruption.
It’s an article about Taiwan. If you don’t know the main politician players in Taiwan, maybe you shouldn’t be here?
Kenya’s anti-tax protesters enter Parliament, several shot ‘dead’
Dozens of Kenyan lawyers protest what they say is judicial interference by President Ruto
I guess America’s friends are unified in their disregard for a fair judiciary and the right to protest.
Coincidentally, Kenya’s becoming all goody-goody with Western powers, going so far as to spearhead Haiti peacekeeping efforts and aligning themselves as a major ally of the West in Africa.
People forget that the reason Taiwan’s shifted to its current stance has been that the DPP has risen to power on the backs of rampant KMT corruption, not that Taiwanese people are in support of DPP foreign policy. Even so, the past election demonstrated that the majority of Taiwanese really don’t want a DPP government… Unfortunately Lai is still head of state under the FPTP system, so here we are.
Both the KMT and TPP (which together received a majority of votes and would’ve won the election if not for the coalition negotiations failing to back a combined presidential ticket) support a more moderate stance with China.
In fact, today it’s the DPP that’s come under fire because of corruption. Recent bills that have passed through the Yuan have seen DPP members stealing bills before reading to avoid anti-corruption language from coming into effect and brawling other parties’ legislators because of opposition. It’s actually quite funny if you ever get the chance to watch proceedings.
Taipei Times saying the quiet part out loud “Beijing’s new set of judicial guidelines targeting Taiwan independence advocates and dozens of Chinese planes entering Taiwan’s real estate come after a visit to Taipei last week by two US deputy assistant secretaries of state”
Russia is the counterbalance for China/US influence in Vietnam. Vietnam is brilliantly playing 3 of 4 sides in global politics (missing the EU, which can’t really negotiate on behalf of the union) for domestic gain.
The implication being that somebody wants to launch a nuclear strike on Russia.
Attacking a country’s nuclear triad is cause for a nuclear retaliatory strike under all non-NFU doctrines. If Russia can’t identify whether an incoming object is a nuclear strike, any no first use doctrine goes out the window.
This is pushing us straight towards nuclear war with our eyes closed.
This strike is extremely confusing. It’s a space radar thats only other use case is as an early-warning radar for ICBMs (that is, in the event of nuclear war).
Why is Ukraine going after Russia’s nuclear triad? What the fuck is going on?
The current Long March series are already price-competitive-ish with SpaceX, but they’re missing manufacturing capacity to continue churning out rockets. This seems to be the solution?
Honestly this is the problem with all road infrastructure. It’ll be interesting to see how countries like China manage it. China currently has the largest paved-road system in the world, and maintaining that will not come cheap.
Calling a spade a spade is a hit piece now? Truly the least propagandized people on the planet.