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There are no sovereign institutions in client states except in name. And anybody who tries otherwise (like spurning the IMF), gets economic, diplomatic, and eve
by coldtea 1y ago
There are no sovereign institutions in client states except in name. And anybody who tries otherwise (like spurning the IMF), gets economic, diplomatic, and even personal blackmail. Propping a dissident far right ultra-nationalist minority to build up as "mass revolt" is then easy, classic Banana Republic style.
- simonh 1y agoA 'far right' government that has a jewish president, and which large numbers of LGBT+ citizens have flocked to support militarily. https://www.lgbtmilitary.org.ua/en/ https://www.lgbtmilitary.org.ua/en/
- coldtea 1y ago>A 'far right' government that has a jewish president Why, are we in 1930s Germany when those things were incompatible? It's 2025, get on with the times: https://jacobin.com/2025/04/orban-netanyahu-israel-war-crimes https://jacobin.com/2025/04/orban-netanyahu-israel-war-crime... https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/le-pen-as-french-president-would-be-excellent-says-likud-minister-adds-netanyahu-agrees/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/le-pen-as-frenc... Supporting Jews and Israel especially is a great way for modern far-right to get allies on its anti-immigrant and anti-muslim campaigns. The same is increasingly true for LGBT+ rights (take Geert Wilders as an example).