@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar RememberUsAlways , to random

"strong leadership":
As The Bordello burns
" involves oppressive, arbitrary rule where power is used unjustly, often by a single leader () who ignores laws and citizens' rights for personal gain, creating a climate of fear and severe control, lacking accountability and prioritizing the ruler's will over the common good, contrasting sharply with lawful governance."
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@paka@mastodon.scot avatar paka , to random

Trump says Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to renew their ceasefire but fighting continues

(sadly) speaks again:

says that the leaders of and have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes …, even as Thai and Cambodian officials suggested that there is STILL work to be done to get the the brokered in late October back on track.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/13/trump-says-thailand-and-cambodia-have-agreed-to-renew-their-ceasefire-but-fighting-continu

@johnrakestraw@mastodon.online avatar johnrakestraw , to bookstodon group

“Any body politic governed by a sovereign ruler accountable to nobody is in the hands of a sick man.”

Simone Weil, in “The Need for Roots.”

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@piedpiper@mastodon.online avatar piedpiper , to geopolitics group

The art of finding the lesson

Trumps of Putin is a great call. Maybe future will contain a clause preventing leaders from their own people.


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