I'm sorry. But it's what must happen. On the plus side you have commie Labor in rn. They will suffer first.
Every country that'd see the most benefit from a reverse-course on neoliberalism, globalism and Leftism, has in power the parties that have contributed to the worsening of their countries whilst also doing every slimy trick in their arsenal to stave off the inevitable paradigm shift. When you do all in your power to keep a straggle on it, it ends up fucking you over hard once you've lost it.
Also everyone might get hit with increased taxes. Hard times and all that.
France: Le Pen (biggest Right-wing name in France) barred from elected office or running for so until after the next election near 2030. Couple this with inter-party coordination preventing her party winning in seats where she got the majority I.E. Macron support higher? Left-wing doesn't run. Left-wing support higher? Macron party doesn't run. Le Pen was the highest polling candidate prior to March. Now the parties that stopped her from winning the most recent election will suffer the brunt. The guy who replaced Le Pen is also the highest polling, and is more radical than she is (so nice going).
Germany: Spent just shy of a decade trying to get the AFD banned, limited, or completely ostracised in the public's eye. CDU ('Right' party) categorically refuses to work with them, causing the Left and/or SPU to gain control in areas they otherwise wouldn't thanks to the CDU's refusal of co-operation. CDU formed a coalition with the SPD, their ideological opponents in theory, to create the current government, when they could've also ruled the government if they had formed one with the AFD.
UK: Conservative government who was socially liberal but economically conservative (except with social spending). Elected in 2010 on the promise of lowering immigration, did nothing about it. Every election won after was done so on the lie that external forces were tying their hands on the issue of immigration, but due to catering to business interests, they never did so. The Brexit referendum was only allowed to pass because the Conservatives that supported it did so under the belief they'd eventually cut the tape on some regulations and cut corporate taxation. The subsequent general election was done under the guise of delivering a hard brexit (no deals or concessions with EU), which was immediately ignored, but to make up for that they promised to cap immigration to 100k a year (the business-aligned MPs kicked her out of power for this). Covid happened, a PM who did nothing except raise energy prices resigned, new PM slashed taxes (MPs kicked her out of power), the
true figure of yearly immigration as plastered to our screens
(700k), a shitty plan was proposed
(Fly them to Rwanda!) that was blocked by the EU, then a disheartened population refused to vote. Labour got in, a couple months later a black teen murdered some white kids, riots happened, then they threatened to take money away from the olds. Now the anti-immigrant, pro-free speech Reform are polling first (there's some foibles, but who doesn't have them?) and are poised to sweep come 2029.
So, yeah. Things could get funny in Europe. Or better, at minimum. If "free speech" is a consistent winner, then right-wing parties might look into other things to ease restrictions on. Fingers crossed for guns.
turkey is too retarded to care
also offtopic but along the lines of porn
why are casinos like fanduel sending me offers through the mail? I don't gamble and i hate gambling. It's a severe addiction
people here are talking about porn but gambling is far more destructive. imagine if it was legal for companies to send you mail with girls spreadeagle urging you to sign up regardless if the person at the address has problems like an addiction they are trying to get over
it pisses me off
Maybe. The last time Turkey did something that put them in conflict with a Nato-aligned power was in
2022. So yeah, they might be retarded, but they'd essentially push themselves further away from Nato and the EU (the latter which gives them cash) and it'd fuck over a ton, which might be a win. If Israel was being aggressive to foreign powers sans Turkey, and Turkey starts getting in their shit for no reason, you might see a repeat of 2022 wherein Israel's military operations and size become justifiable in the eyes of the international community, just like for Greece.
Also offtopic: In the UK we had something similar but not as explicit to what you described (sorta).
It was a common trend to put a topless woman on the 3rd page of newspapers for a while.
Page 3, or
Page Three, was a British newspaper convention of publishing a large image of a
topless female
glamour model (known as a
Page 3 girl) on the third page of mainstream
red top tabloids.
The Sun introduced the feature in November 1970, which boosted its readership and prompted competing tabloids—including
The Daily Mirror,
The Sunday People, and
The Daily Star—to begin featuring topless models on their own third pages.
Although Page 3's defenders portrayed it as a harmless British cultural tradition, the feature was controversial throughout its history, drawing criticism both from conservatives, who tended to view it as
softcore pornography inappropriate for inclusion in national newspapers, and
feminists, who argued that Page 3
objectified women's bodies, negatively affected girls' and women's
body image, and perpetuated
sexism. Some politicians, most notably
Clare Short and
Caroline Lucas, campaigned to have Page 3 images banned from newspapers, although other politicians, including
Nick Clegg and
Ed Vaizey, expressed concern that such a ban would compromise
press freedom. The British government never enacted legislation against Page 3. In 2012, activist
Lucy-Anne Holmes launched the
No More Page 3 campaign with the goal of persuading newspaper editors and owners to end the feature voluntarily. The campaign gained support from over 140 MPs, as well as a number of trade unions, universities, and women's groups.
In February 2013,
Rupert Murdoch, owner of
The Sun, suggested that Page 3 could become a "halfway house", featuring glamour photographs without showing nudity. In August of that year,
The Sun's Republic of Ireland edition replaced topless Page 3 girls with clothed glamour models.
The Sun's UK editions followed suit in January 2015, discontinuing Page 3 after more than 44 years.
). The only dampener on the prospect is I live in a place that'll get hit by it, which is also lessened somewhat by it potentially leading to actual positive change.
