How happy are you with your goverment?
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I'm really angry with the British government right now. In some ways they're worse than the Tories, because at least with them you knew where you stood. With Starmer he keeps trying to outdo the far right, which leads to them adopting even further right policies, and him adopting them and so on. The cracking down on freedom of speech is genuinely scary, whether it be through the online safety act or abusing terrorism legislation to proscribe direct action groups. They need to fix the housing and healthcare crises urgently, but they're tinkering at the seams while the far right are on the cusp of taking power in 2029.
On the local level, I don't like our elected assembly much either, and I feel like all they do is pose for photoshoots and blame all their mistakes on the government in London.
And because people don't like Starmer they're voting further right. Make it make sense.
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Local (your town / city / state or whatever you call them in your country)
National (the country)
Southwest New Hampshire, USA
Local: Not bad. Mostly moderate liberals who do work to improve to the conditions in the city. Fencesit too much for their own good sometimes when it comes to taking a stand on something.
State: Fucking awful. Completely full of MAGA dipshits passing anti-trans laws and doing nothing but gutting budgets (a city nearby me had to take out a private loan to fund their school system this year) and ignoring the huge problems we have (opiate abuse, housing, and mental healthcare).
Federal:
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Canada:
A disappointment in some ways based on what we were promised during the campaign and especially in his dealings with the fascists to our south. Not an absolute catastrophe (despite what Maple MAGA cries on every social network), but definitely not focused on the little guy like they said they would be.
To be honest, I feel kind of tricked a little bit. We had a legitimately good third party that usually held the balance of power (NDP) and could use their votes to cooperate with the ruling Liberals to get some legitimately good things done. (You support 10 dollar a day daycare or we won't use our votes to help you...that kind of thing). But during the last election, there was so much fear mongering about the Conservatives that we were essentially convinced that we needed to sacrifice the NDP in order to avoid splitting the vote. So now we have a party that can basically do whatever they want for the most part.
Even if it is the far far better of the two parties that has that power, the lack of a third party check and balance is bothersome.
but...still far far far preferable to Pierre Poppinfresh and his MAGA-lite cultists.
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Local (your town / city / state or whatever you call them in your country)
National (the country)
Local (won't be saying where), I never really leave the area, and neither does my producer. Decent area to be in if things go bad.
As for the country itself... yeah, it's completely in a state of civil war, spearheaded by Rome (as with all the countries that are toast). Christofascism and Judeofascism are on the rise, and the whole point of it is to get people obeying the Pope (taking the Mark of the Beast on the right hand) at least, if not revere him (MOTB on the forehead).
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As far as I can tell the USA, Britain,
Germany, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Australia and China are fucked. Fascism, nationalism, corporate capitalism, segregation, genocide, history erasure, political extremism and regression.. Looking pretty fucking bleak. I'd include Palestine but it was formatted by Britain and replaced with Israel, and it doesn't technically exist like it used to.You forgot Sweden, we are exceptionally fucked…
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Local (your town / city / state or whatever you call them in your country)
National (the country)
City and state are pretty good, but the national is a sewage plant fire
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Well, shit. I had it in mind to try to move there one of these days.
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National (the country)
Local government is somewhat contentious, but it seems like it's moving in the right direction.
National government does not.
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National (the country)
Local government is mid, I'm going to give them a solid C tier. State government is... probably B tier. Federal government... F? Possibly G or even H tier? Depending on how much of a tier list purist you are.
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Canada:
A disappointment in some ways based on what we were promised during the campaign and especially in his dealings with the fascists to our south. Not an absolute catastrophe (despite what Maple MAGA cries on every social network), but definitely not focused on the little guy like they said they would be.
To be honest, I feel kind of tricked a little bit. We had a legitimately good third party that usually held the balance of power (NDP) and could use their votes to cooperate with the ruling Liberals to get some legitimately good things done. (You support 10 dollar a day daycare or we won't use our votes to help you...that kind of thing). But during the last election, there was so much fear mongering about the Conservatives that we were essentially convinced that we needed to sacrifice the NDP in order to avoid splitting the vote. So now we have a party that can basically do whatever they want for the most part.
Even if it is the far far better of the two parties that has that power, the lack of a third party check and balance is bothersome.
but...still far far far preferable to Pierre Poppinfresh and his MAGA-lite cultists.
Isn't our red regime still a minority by, like, one?
And we don't pick for perfection; we pick to get the best of who can win, and that's not orange today.
There is no situation so bad that Peter Polyestre can't make it worse.
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Local (your town / city / state or whatever you call them in your country)
National (the country)
wrote last edited by [email protected]City: Sucks. Huge city of over 100k people; they act like it's a rural suburb of less than 10k so everything is basically fucked by the number of people using things (roads, public services, etc) that are severely underfunded or underscaled.
State: All things considered, it's alright. It's not great, but it could be so, so much worse.
Country: Shit is absolutely cooked.
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And because people don't like Starmer they're voting further right. Make it make sense.
Got five words for you: Tabloid Press and Social Media.
Very few here in the UK actually possess the mental facilities to understand what is going on, hence why the most popular pastime is getting drunk and shouting at a screen showing millionaires punt a ball around an overly manicured field for 90 minutes.
All they know is that after decades of Conservative government and now under Labour, their lives haven't improved since the 2008 financial crisis. It's only gotten slightly worse.
So they fall hook, line, and sinker for far-right grifters who'll happily serve up easy to understand boogymen to blame all their problems on because these cunts promise radical change as a departure from the managed slow decline the middle neoliberal parties offer.
In the end, these Gammons will vote for the Sunday Roast and I will take great pleasure laughing openly in their faces.
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I'm French. Do I have to say more?
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National (the country)
In the U.S., the federal government is obviously bad, but I’m honestly more concerned about the voting populace that elected it. They got so desperate and fed up with both parties they voted for the strong man that promised them he could rewind time, and apparently didn’t have the basic level of empathy and psychological wherewithal to see him for what he is: a pathologically narcissistic conman.
The Trump administration is a problem, but it’s not the problem. The problem is that both Republicans and Democrats are so dislikable as political parties that enough people are so fed up with them that they’ll vote for someone like Trump instead. That’s just really sad.
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Local (your town / city / state or whatever you call them in your country)
National (the country)
Can't say much about the local government. Yes, city council votes went well enough, but there will be a deciding election in ten days, so I don't know yet who will be mayor.
State and federal government cares more for the companies and the rich instead for the people, and still wonder why people turn to right-wingers who promise to fix that. I'm not that stupid, they would only make the graft worse.
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National (the country)
wrote last edited by [email protected]I only moved recently so I don't know too much but... No rating for both
No local government for almost a year and a half now. Allegedly there is a left-wing Islamic party and a left-wing socialist party that have severe difficulties with forming coalitions
Federal government coalition is led by a right-wing party with the prime minister being an asshole so I don't exactly like it... But things are running & far-right wasn't in the coalition, so I guess I can't complain
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You weren't wrong about Germany.
Oof.. What's the general state of Germany from your side?
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I'm really angry with the British government right now. In some ways they're worse than the Tories, because at least with them you knew where you stood. With Starmer he keeps trying to outdo the far right, which leads to them adopting even further right policies, and him adopting them and so on. The cracking down on freedom of speech is genuinely scary, whether it be through the online safety act or abusing terrorism legislation to proscribe direct action groups. They need to fix the housing and healthcare crises urgently, but they're tinkering at the seams while the far right are on the cusp of taking power in 2029.
On the local level, I don't like our elected assembly much either, and I feel like all they do is pose for photoshoots and blame all their mistakes on the government in London.
As an American I am continually confused by the current UK govt being not at all what I imagined a Labour party to be. From the outside it looks like a bait and switch
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National (the country)
Country: USA, do I really have to say?
State: Texas, double down on above
City: I'm in a pretty privileged position where this level doesn't affect me much.
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Germany: Merz. My Little Nazi. Lindner and Merz worked together to discredit the Greens and it worked. The AfD keeps winning local elections.
Local is weird. AfD popular even though the area literally depends on French customers for income.
Country is fucked.
You're telling me I'm learning Deutsch for nothing? Although I'll still take it over USA
