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Global State of Democracy 2024 - about the situation in Sweden

8 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TL;DR   International IDEA's Global State of Democracy 2024 report shows a worrying global trend: elections have significantly eroded, and democracy is in decline in almost half of the 173 surveyed countries. The decline of voter turnout and de...

Grifting Elon Musk's 47$ Petition

7 Oct 2024 1 minute read 3 comments Betasyndicate.eth

The Genius Elon Musk is Offering 47$ per signature, and I want to grift like everyone else. Have you heard about this useless petition for US residents? Elon is paying $47 per valid signature for a petition that will become worthless even if he colle...

Trump's "lawfare" corrupted and undemocratic ambitions

7 Oct 2024 2 minute read 5 comments Vladan Lausevic

  TL;DR A second Trump administration could weaponize the legal system to target political opponents, undermining the rule of law and deepening political polarization. Trump has a history of using threats of prosecution as a political tool, from cal...

Vance as Pence ?

6 Oct 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Vladan Lausevic

TLDR JD Vance’s 2024 vice-presidential debate echoed Mike Pence’s 2020 strategy of rebranding Donald Trump as a rational and responsible leader. While both aimed to present Trump more favorably, Vance took it further by avoiding clear stances on Tru...

The UN Fails the World Time and Time Again

5 Oct 2024 4 minute read 8 comments Cje95

Backstory While the United Nations, UN, might sound like a good idea to many people as it could help facilitate communication between nations who otherwise wouldn't talk there is a dark side to the UN that thrust into the light on October 7th, 2023,...

Israel is not winning the war but making several mistakes

4 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR The conflict between Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran has escalated into a full-scale regional war, with Israel conducting major military operations in Lebanon and Iran retaliating with missile strikes. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s aggressive strategy...

Navigating Life When You Are Young With Chronic Illnesses Part Seven

3 Oct 2024 13 minute read 4 comments Cje95

Burnout and Home for the Holidays After the end of my last internship, I was beyond burned out. There are only so many times you can have people call and cuss you out and wish horrific deaths on you before it wears you down. Being on the receiving en...

Russian Bots and Subconscious Warfare in the 21st Century

3 Oct 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ZvlMDjDkgRuJL2tA In this post, I want to talk about the influence of Russian bot farms on Western democracies. Well, and not only Western ones. Let's talk about AI bots and Russian propaganda. I...

Tariffs are discriminatory and paid by consumers (you)

3 Oct 2024 2 minute read 1 comment Vladan Lausevic

  TLDR During his first term, Donald Trump raised tariffs and renegotiated trade agreements to "protect" US industries. For a potential second term, he has proposed a universal tariff on all US imports (10%-20%) and even steeper tariffs on Chinese go...

Briefing For A Descent Into Hell

2 Oct 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The descent into Hell is easy."Virgil   Attention shoppers.  The recruitment office for the Department of Death will be closed until further notice.  Nude shoplifters have been apprehended in the fruit aisle.  A snake and a woman have been charged w...