like last year, a man named martin singh ran for the NDP leadership race. he ended up winning 5.9% of the first ballot, which is respectable for a person with no political experience. however it became known that he had decided to endorse mulcair (the eventual winner) quite early on. he ended up endorsing mulcair before the first ballot, while staying on the ballot, which is very unusual. the widespread belief is that singh was basically a puppet campaign for mulcair, designed to sign up south asians.
in ontario, right now, there's a leadership race going on that will determine who will become premier. there's six candidates, two of which are south asian. together these south asian candidates signed up 10,000 members. for comparison, the leading candidate, pupatello, signed up 4,000 members. it's also a close race - the othe major candidate signed up 8,000 members. but as you can see, south asians will probably be the swing vote that decides who wins on the last ballot.
a lot of political people in canada are quietly very angry about this sort of situation, since they see ethnic bloc voting as somehow undemocratic. this despite that liberal-democracy has always been about ethnic bloc voting - look at american politics and its racial breakdown, for example. i don't have many smart opinions about this, i just thought it was sorta interesting.
getfiscal posted:there's a phenomenon in canada which isn't talked about all that much but it is often very influential. basically south asians (often sikhs) will sign up in the thousands if someone from their community runs for office. but often that person can't win so it ends up being a bit of a backroom deal.
like last year, a man named martin singh ran for the NDP leadership race. he ended up winning 5.9% of the first ballot, which is respectable for a person with no political experience. however it became known that he had decided to endorse mulcair (the eventual winner) quite early on. he ended up endorsing mulcair before the first ballot, while staying on the ballot, which is very unusual. the widespread belief is that singh was basically a puppet campaign for mulcair, designed to sign up south asians.
in ontario, right now, there's a leadership race going on that will determine who will become premier. there's six candidates, two of which are south asian. together these south asian candidates signed up 10,000 members. for comparison, the leading candidate, pupatello, signed up 4,000 members. it's also a close race - the othe major candidate signed up 8,000 members. but as you can see, south asians will probably be the swing vote that decides who wins on the last ballot.
a lot of political people in canada are quietly very angry about this sort of situation, since they see ethnic bloc voting as somehow undemocratic. this despite that liberal-democracy has always been about ethnic bloc voting - look at american politics and its racial breakdown, for example. i don't have many smart opinions about this, i just thought it was sorta interesting.
it is our destiny to be ruled by the powerful and industrious oriental peoples, to resist this trend is to resist the flow of history
The_Schliski posted:"A vote for Singh is a vote for more rotting corpses floating down our fine Canadian rivers!!!" - an argument used by both "pro" and "anti" Singh voters
i think you'll find it's an ancient and noble tradition that keeps humans in harmony with nature. wolves and rats are actually very symbiotic creatures and no t at all the vermin western propaganda makes them out to be. scavenging and dying of dysentry are all part of the circle fo life, watch some lion king fucker
Panopticon posted:the hyenas in lion king perform the role of the lumpenproletariat, acting as the footsoldiers of the bonapartist regime as it takes advantage of the inability of the revolutionary class (the animals of pride rock) to fully overthrow the ruling class( the lions). scar presents himself as occupying a position above the class struggle yet ultimately his actions in delaying the revolution aid the lions in preventing the transition to socialism.
youre swallowing too much mufasan propaganda about scar and particularly the hyenas. his bonapartist regime is clearly far more progressive than the backwards patriarchy of pride rock
gyrofry posted:tammany hall was cool and so is this
Anything that gets Jim Broadbent more work, well... I'm for that
jools posted:Panopticon posted:the hyenas in lion king perform the role of the lumpenproletariat, acting as the footsoldiers of the bonapartist regime as it takes advantage of the inability of the revolutionary class (the animals of pride rock) to fully overthrow the ruling class( the lions). scar presents himself as occupying a position above the class struggle yet ultimately his actions in delaying the revolution aid the lions in preventing the transition to socialism.
youre swallowing too much mufasan propaganda about scar and particularly the hyenas. his bonapartist regime is clearly far more progressive than the backwards patriarchy of pride rock
Frankly I'm sick of the hard left trying to make a hero out of Scar. He ramped up resource exploitation of the savannah to support a beauracracy of careerist parasites. They claimed to be acting for the pride lands, but there wasn't a single wildebeest in the revolutionary government, even after their contribution to overthrowing Mufasa.
Panopticon posted:the hyenas in lion king perform the role of the lumpenproletariat, acting as the footsoldiers of the bonapartist regime as it takes advantage of the inability of the revolutionary class (the animals of pride rock) to fully overthrow the ruling class( the lions). scar presents himself as occupying a position above the class struggle yet ultimately his actions in delaying the revolution aid the lions in preventing the transition to socialism.
my god, youre right
swampman posted:jools posted:Panopticon posted:the hyenas in lion king perform the role of the lumpenproletariat, acting as the footsoldiers of the bonapartist regime as it takes advantage of the inability of the revolutionary class (the animals of pride rock) to fully overthrow the ruling class( the lions). scar presents himself as occupying a position above the class struggle yet ultimately his actions in delaying the revolution aid the lions in preventing the transition to socialism.
youre swallowing too much mufasan propaganda about scar and particularly the hyenas. his bonapartist regime is clearly far more progressive than the backwards patriarchy of pride rock
Frankly I'm sick of the hard left trying to make a hero out of Scar. He ramped up resource exploitation of the savannah to support a beauracracy of careerist parasites. They claimed to be acting for the pride lands, but there wasn't a single wildebeest in the revolutionary government, even after their contribution to overthrowing Mufasa.
let's get real: wildebeast can't even talk
swampman posted:jools posted:Panopticon posted:the hyenas in lion king perform the role of the lumpenproletariat, acting as the footsoldiers of the bonapartist regime as it takes advantage of the inability of the revolutionary class (the animals of pride rock) to fully overthrow the ruling class( the lions). scar presents himself as occupying a position above the class struggle yet ultimately his actions in delaying the revolution aid the lions in preventing the transition to socialism.
youre swallowing too much mufasan propaganda about scar and particularly the hyenas. his bonapartist regime is clearly far more progressive than the backwards patriarchy of pride rock
Frankly I'm sick of the hard left trying to make a hero out of Scar. He ramped up resource exploitation of the savannah to support a beauracracy of careerist parasites. They claimed to be acting for the pride lands, but there wasn't a single wildebeest in the revolutionary government, even after their contribution to overthrowing Mufasa.
what contribution? the wildebeest are the cossacks of the savannah
acephalousuniverse posted:im the warthog
hmmm. can you share a little more? im interested because this is me:
History: Biza roams the feilds and grass lands of the Pridelands , he isn't much of anything special, and is an average Joe in the area. He will from time to time be seen playing with the cubs, He has been good friends with The royal family, He made a friend in Kovu and Kiara. If anyone in pride rock needes and Pick me up he is the one they tendd to go to. Biza usually travel's with his twin sister winter, whom is an albino cheetah, however she rarely goes out during the day. Biza didn't play any part in the Outsiders war, he is pretty peacefull and fighting isn't his strong point.
Personality: Biza is hardheaded, hyper, and very random, however he is good at masking all of this. He is fun loving and enjoys life even when there is nothing good in it. He can be a door mat some times however he won't take a whole lot, he isn't much of a fighter, but can do anything if mad enought. He loves music and art. he can be recklass and do stupid and silly things, he is an ditz at times and doesn't have to long of an attention span.
tpaine posted:communism is a lot like *makes a really specific lilo and stitch reference that four other rhizzoners lol at*
So, basically, every other Rhizzoner.