I know I’ve expressed dislike for the guy in the past, but seriously? I thought for even something like this, he would at least have a good take on it.
It's the 2014 Crimean referendum all over again. Liberals cry about how there's no way 97% of the votes would support integration into Russia. Yeah, there was probably some voter fraud going on and yeah, the presence of Russian troops would push people there to vote for integration. And what of it? The "real" result is probably something closer to at least 60% based on past polling and assuming the Russian and Belarusian population would vote to integrate, which is more than enough for the referendum to pass. 60% vs 97% literally means nothing because the referendum just required 50% + 1 vote.
It's the same exact deal with the election except Maduro didn't even need a majority. He just needed a plurality. So, the real argument is not whether he committed voter fraud, but whether he committed voter fraud to the point where he turned a minority into a plurality. And I can find no compelling reason to say that he did.
The kind Vladimir Ilyich
Didnt he say all hindus (literally a billion people) are fascists
Hinduism relies heavily on a caste system. It is a belief system that reinforces fascist ideology. Why be a hindu when you can be a buddhist?
that's an incredibly reductive definition of a religion so diverse it isn't really even one religion
You want me to write a 10 page essay elaborating on it or something? You don't even know one of the most fundamental differences between Hinduism and Buddhism; and why it makes one more fascistic over the other.
Of course there's different sects of Hinduism. It's literally the oldest living religion. And there's ALOT of baggage that comes with that, namely the caste system which continues to negatively impact the Indian populace.
It's the dunk tank.
This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.
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