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Geopolitics

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A discussion of geopolitical trends from history and today.

geopolitics (jē″ō-pŏl′ĭ-tĭks) noun

The study of the relationship among politics and geography, demography, and economics, especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation.

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UPDATE: Kyiv has ‘clear intel’ that Russia plans to send troops to Belarus this summer, warning that Moscow could use Minsk as a military launchpad to destabilize the EU. - Zelenskyy says (tvpworld.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

You are failing to take voter suppression issues and misinformation campaigns into account. While that is part of the problem, it absolutely isn't all of it. I am not disagreeing with you, but there is more.

I was taking on a much larger scale and timeframe. Trump becoming president... again... is just a symptom of a much darker issue of how our system can be twisted by propaganda. (This is a global problem, and a flaw with humanity, IMHO.)

Also, popular vote doesn't quite matter for the US presidency. (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) Republicans have won several times without the popular vote and they are getting good at it. Each state is different and I haven't dug deeper into the numbers for each state in this election yet.

There are several issues in-play. Yes, many more people should have voted, undoubtedly and without question from me. Why they didn't vote is a serious issue and needs to be reviewed. I do know that the Republican base didn't grow significantly and even the public MAGA fanaticism wasn't nearly as bad as it was in 2016.