Many observers fear the ruling Georgian Dream party will resort to anything to stay in power. It has buried the liberal values it espoused when it took office 12 years ago and effectively torpedoedGeorgia’s bid to join the European Union. Its founder, the secretive oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, has threatened to imprison his political rivals after the election and ban the main opposition party.

Under the country’s new proportional voting system, Khabeishvili of the UNM says Georgia’s fragmented opposition will have no trouble forming a coalition after the election. But he fears that Ivanishvili will seek to cling to power after an election loss.

  • Flying SquidM
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    116 hours ago

    UBI has nothing to do with who runs things. Someone has to distribute those funds. Someone also has to be responsible for things like infrastructure and ensuring things like food is being inspected.

    So how do the people doing those things get chosen fairly if not by citizens voting for them?

    • @[email protected]
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      -56 hours ago

      UBI/freedom dividends is not discretionary. Sure the IRS has to apply rules to determine refund amounts, but they don’t get calls from politicians telling the to target someone with harassment.

      Someone also has to be responsible for things like infrastructure and ensuring things like food is being inspected.

      That is absolutely a useful government function that sane people would vote to keep. It’s the CIA/warmongering apparatus that Israel needs to control. The dog catchers don’t need a force for corruption behind their appointment.

      So how do the people doing those things get chosen fairly if not by citizens voting for them?

      Currently, you only vote for the most Israel loyal candidate you are told to, who then appoints those roles. The advantages of theoretical democracy can occur only after the systemic corruption forces are exterminated. Step 1 is being angry at how corrupt and evil governance is structured, instead of pretending its not.

      • Flying SquidM
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        66 hours ago

        That’s not an answer. I didn’t ask about how it is currently.

        Again, how do those people get chosen fairly if not by citizens voting for them?

        • @[email protected]
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          -14 hours ago

          A king can appoint regulators. Even if he is greedy and enriched from country ownership, he doesn’t need to compromise people’s safety through bribes from oligarchy. Democracy for the oligarchy by the oligarchy is the problem. There’s only one way to fix it.

          • Flying SquidM
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            Sorry…

            Are you seriously arguing in favor of a monarchy?

            Who’s going to be king? You?

            • @[email protected]
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              Not at all. A monarchy is better than current oligarchy/hegemonic system. There is some sustainability aspect to it instead of pure corrupt evil. UBI is more important than democracy and ends up fixing democracy, because even in an idiocracy “I like money” is understood, and voting against theft/corruption becomes obvious no matter what zionist media tells you.

              • Flying SquidM
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                12 hours ago

                Again, who is going to be king? You?

          • @khannie
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            44 hours ago

            A king won’t though. That’s why they’re gone. Another dodge.

            • Flying SquidM
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              33 hours ago

              This is apparently what they want to return to:

              And remember, that’s the best they could have made that inbred freak look.