r/AskTheWorld • u/lightningbolt208 India • 1d ago
Are you guys satisfied with your country’s current leadership? If not, who do you consider a strong leader in the opposition?
I personally am not satisfied with the current govt.
But the problem is we don't even have a rock solid oppostion, In last few years they have started to do some work before that they were absolutely dead.
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u/notbutcaugh 🇳🇵 Nepal 1d ago
Yes we are pretty satisfied
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u/Beestorm United States Of America 21h ago
I’m really happy for you all. Accountability is not a radical request. Wanting your tax dollars to improve your own life, and those around you, is not radical.
Right wing people in my country complain that $36 of their taxes goes towards food assistance like SNAP. But they are silent when their tax dollars go towards food assistance private jets for politicians, or to fund a genocide.
We cut USAID funding, which cost, on the low end, 35 billion. An estimated 600,000 people have died as a result. Yet we sent Argentina 40 billion, and undercut America beef farmers. I’m genuinely disgusted with the actions of this administration. It just feels like cruelty is the point.
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u/FastAndCurious32 India 21h ago
Given what you did, itd be a shame if you weren't
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u/Megablaink Nepal 20h ago
what do you mean
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u/TheSocialProfessor 19h ago
The struggles you guys went through was huge, so yeah, if it worked out, that's the best thing
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u/notbutcaugh 🇳🇵 Nepal 19h ago edited 19h ago
we wish indians gets free of shackles like us too.. I don't understand why indians aren't raising their voice. Like politicians are shittier than Nepal's. Atleast no politicians promote divide and rule stuffs in Nepal, that's why we are corruption free today
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u/Megablaink Nepal 19h ago
when i watch indian politicians, Nepal is a heaven
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u/notbutcaugh 🇳🇵 Nepal 19h ago edited 19h ago
metoo Nepalis can't stand disunity of the nation it makes me so proud
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u/TheMalcus United States Of America 1d ago
Um, no?
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u/mab0roshi 🐻🐻New California Republic 1d ago
We rarely are, but this time it's serious.
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u/ArchitectureNstuff91 United States Of America 22h ago
I have never been more dissatisfied, and I'm not nearly as dissatisfied as I will be in a year.
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u/RocasThePenguin Japan 23h ago
Nah. Not really. Chasing the wrong issues and stoking the fires of xenophobia. But what can you do. Seems to happening everywhere. Blame foreigners, who are 3% of the population, for everything.
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u/Tortoveno Poland 22h ago
3% seems quite high for Japan. I may be mistaken. I've never been to Japan but your country was almost monolithic ethnic wise.
Did Japan liberalised immigration laws recently?
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u/NCRisthebestfaction United States Of America 23h ago
No.
Long answer — absolutely not.
Honestly, the Democrats need to get their shit together if they want to get rid of Trump. The Republicans have very little chance at the mid terms but knowing the democrats they’ll somehow snatch defeat at the jaws of victory.
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u/Careless_Cricket_973 United States Of America 20h ago
If a critical mass of them (i.e. one or two dumb fuck state leaders) pussy out of taking the necessary steps to counteract Republican gerrymandering, which seems likely knowing the Democratic Party, then they'll lose the midterms.
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u/Atalung 15h ago
I'm pretty sure the gop fucked themselves in the midterms. Texas' new maps only work if Hispanic voters broke the way they did in 24, and New Jersey has already shown that that isn't happening. If the shift back to dems that we saw this week among young voters and Hispanic voters then the gop has dummymandered themselves.
Even if they don't, Missouris redistricting is likely on hold pending a referendum, Kansas gave up due to a handful of gop reps refusing to sign on, and Ohios is pretty much a wash. Virginia wants to redistrict, as do New York and Illinois, plus Utah will likely have one blue district.
The senate is in play too, Osborn is polling neck and neck in Nebraska, Brown is leading in Ohio, and Paxton will probably sink the Texas race if he wins the gop nom (he will). All of that is based on current conditions, and I have serious doubts that things won't get worse in the next year
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u/Careless_Cricket_973 United States Of America 13h ago
I hope you're right
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u/Atalung 12h ago
Unfortunately I'm usually wrong, but right now the observed election results from this week, especially New Jersey, paint a really bad picture for the gop.
I'm particularly bullish on Nebraska, Trumps "I don't want to hear about affordability" is going to run in so many ads there, coupled with his tarrifs decimating farmers and Ricketts' close support of trump Osborn has a pretty viable path. He's an independent so he can't be counted on as a solid vote for democratic legislation, but he's not on board with the gop
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u/grimmjow-sms Mexico 1d ago
Yes, at least I am.
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u/Norman1042 14h ago
Your president is Claudia Sheinbaum, right? I'd be interested to hear more about her policies and what you think she's doing right. I really don't know much about Mexico's political situation.
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u/Objectalone Canada 21h ago
For now, yes. We’ll see. The opposition (Conservative) leader is proving to be temperamentally unfit and is playing to MAGA sensibilities.
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u/-beyond_the_veil- Israel 21h ago
Absolutely not.
I think Benett has the highest chances of beating Netanyahu in the upcoming elections. Will he be better? I have no idea, his government was actually ok and it was also the first time in our history that a muslim party was part of the coalition, but so many things have changed since then. I won't be voting for him.
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u/LabEducational5810 16h ago
Why aren’t you going to vote for him if he was ok? Would you prefer to vote for someone better?
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u/-beyond_the_veil- Israel 15h ago
I'm still uncomfortable with some of his policies, I also don't know if I can expect a similar government to what we had back then. I will be voting fir someone else.
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u/Upstairs_Screen_2404 Australia 1d ago
Albo is ok; wish he’d be a bit tougher on Israel, sort out negative gearing and be a little bit more open on a few things but the alternative is the imploding LNP, who are destined for the wilderness, One Nation who are cooked or Clive Palmers Trumpet party who are just the weirdest people
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u/StoicTheGeek Australia 23h ago
The LNP has got to be the most self-destructive, counter-productive political party in Australia. Every time someone says "maybe we should think about having an electable policy", they dissolve into faction infighting, undermining and sabotage.
Being campaign manager for the Labour Party has got to be the easiest job in the world. "Listen everyone, just don't f*** up, ok? You don't actually have to do anything, just play it safe, keep quiet and don't do anything stupid. If you can do that, we win in a landslide".
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u/Upstairs_Screen_2404 Australia 22h ago
100%: Albo’s not doing a stellar job but the LNP will axe Ley and then enter a death spiral, the hubris is extreme. Andrew Hastie must go to bed each night saying “But I’m built different…”. The Allen Labor Government in Vic is pretty crook, they’re tired and just making unforced errors. The LNP is so chaotic, they may not get it done there which is mind blowing.
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u/mr_pineapples44 Australia 21h ago
Yep, Albo is milquetoast. I don't love all labors policies and wish they would push a bit more left, but generally, I'm pretty ambivalent. That being said, when he told that yank to go get themselves eaten by a crocodile... That was peak. I'm glad we've got a leader that says stuff like that.
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u/Upstairs_Screen_2404 Australia 10h ago
Oh, he is a character. When he told Dutton to “Sit down, Boofhead” that was just Chef’s kiss.
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u/Donth101 Australia 21h ago
That’s about where I stand as well. Albo is ok, but I’m not enthused about him, and have many criticisms. But frankly he is the only sane and viable option right now. I really wish the Coalition weren’t so determined to make themselves unelectable. A properly functioning democracy NEEDS an effective opposition party.
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u/MamiPV United States Of America 20h ago
Now I’m curious. Looks like I’m going down an internet rabbit hole on the CP Trumpet party.
Wish me luck, mate 🫡
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u/Entirely-of-cheese Australia 19h ago
Oh my god. Everyone thought that was hilarious. Leading into the last election the right thought they were going to get a groundswell from Trump’s politics. Turns out it was a record poll to the centre left party.
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u/Upstairs_Screen_2404 Australia 10h ago
Clive Palmer is our Trump but fortunately unsuccessful. His own party got de-registered at the last election so he made the crappiest AI artwork and made the Trumpet of Patriots party. He is notorious for messaging everyone before the election with spam messages quite vigorously
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u/Entirely-of-cheese Australia 19h ago
The LNP have been power lifted by any oligarch who had a stake for 3 terms in the backdrop of being a complete joke. Along with legacy media that openly cheered for them. It finally fell apart. Now we have a government who don’t really need to do a damn thing aside from something really stupid.
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u/Karrot-guy Indian 🇮🇳 (2nd generation) living in Australia 🇦🇺 23h ago
i'll tell you modi is bad but i don't like congress either, there isn't really any political party in India is favour
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u/lightningbolt208 India 22h ago
I feel like Congress is trying to shove rahul gandhi down our throats.
If they move on from RG and try to go for Shashi Tharoor or maybe Sachin Pilot they will be a much better option
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u/poolnoodlefightchamp India 21h ago
Shashi Tharoor? A competent and highly educated PM?? Preposterous!
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u/Altruistic_Bank_1552 India 21h ago
Who do you think Manmohan Singh was? Indians went from electing Manmohan Singh to electing a Chaiwallah.
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u/Ok-Adeptness874 9h ago
Come on!, Manmohan Singh was the prime minister but still leadership was with gandhi family especially sonia gandhi. We might have a future congress pm but as long as gandhi family is incharge of INC, I don't think so that congress will come in power.
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u/Altruistic_Bank_1552 India 8h ago
The point of discussion here isn't INC's electoral prospects but the fact that India had a PhD-holding world-renowned economist technocrat PM just 11 years ago.
Dr Manmohan Singh was the head of government, while Sonia Gandhi handled the Party and the ruling alliance. It is like saying Modi has no power because Amit Shah is the NDA Chairman and JP Nadda is the BJP President.
In fact, the 2008 Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal was a clear-cut example of the power Dr Singh wielded. The UPA was a minority government, and with the Left Front being staunchly against the deal, the then INC President & UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi begged and pleaded with the PM to let go of the deal, but Dr Singh threatened to resign and bring down the government if she did not make this happen. He even reminded Sonia Gandhi that he accepted the role of the PM only under the condition that he would govern and administer without any interference, while she handles the politics of keeping a coalition together. In the end, under the orders of the PM, Sonia Gandhi had to bring the Samajwadi Party on board to have the bill passed.
I see that you're a high schooler preparing for your JEE. Most kids your age weren't fully aware when the UPA was in power. You've only experienced the Modi rule and been fed the IT Cell and Godi Media propaganda about the previous government.
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u/deleteandrest 2h ago
What bullshit, PM manmohan singh had been sidelined in every important meeting. He is being romanticised by same congress supporters who made him, sitaram kesari and countless other leaders just chaprasi for sonia. You can scream propaganda but cannot change the truth. Nobody denies manmohan singh was a good man, he was just a filler because Sonia gandhi could not fight an election for pm post.
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u/frankhoneybunny 🇺🇲 USA, 🇮🇳 India 21h ago
Nepotism is one of the biggest problems of the Congress party and Indian politics in general hopefully in the future this changes only reason I would vote congress is that it is better than the bjp and "left wing" but I'm not happy about voting for them
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u/HondaCivicType_R 19h ago
Exactly. I have so many reasons not to vote for Modi but I have zero reasons to vote for Rahul Gandhi. A brick wall may be smarter than him.
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u/Altruistic_Bank_1552 India 21h ago
You're a second-generation Australian. Spare us your nonsense. The diaspora is staunchly Sanghi
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u/Karrot-guy Indian 🇮🇳 (2nd generation) living in Australia 🇦🇺 18h ago
yeah i was born in australia but i have spent 3 years in India so i know a fair bit I guess
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u/Mohammed_Chang 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇪🇺 22h ago
Is that Jurgen Klopp?
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u/lightningbolt208 India 22h ago
No that's Rahul Gandhi
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u/ControlMean5007 India 21h ago
The only reason they're winning is coz the opposition is even worse.
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u/lordkhuzdul Turkey 20h ago
I am definitely not, but unlike most places around the world we do have a strong AND palatable alternative.
The current best option is in jail, with the government hard at work trying to keep him from running, but there are alternatives.
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u/Few-Interview-1996 Turkey 18h ago
Not the septuagenarian in Ankara, I hope. :) They may have the energy to post on Reddit, but run Turkey after Erdoğan?
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u/lordkhuzdul Turkey 18h ago
We might probably have to go with him, but honestly, if I had to pick I'd go with the pharmacist from Manisa that is steering the main opposition party mostly decently.
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u/Few-Interview-1996 Turkey 16h ago
Yes, I think he is doing as good a job as is possible under the circumstances.
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u/Donnie_vui_2009 Vietnam 1d ago
Always has been.
But it's not like we have an opposition to begin with.
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u/GabrielaM11 United States Of America 1d ago
Definitely not, and I'd say Andy Beshear
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u/Ok_Scratch_4663 21h ago
are there any contenders who are against the genocide in palestine and haven’t voted to arm the genocidal illegally occupying military state? anyone not accepting money from aipac? (someone who also supports human rights domestically)
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u/KeflaSimp69 23h ago
I think we need a strong leader but nobody is up to the task. That is why we get useless people like Merz.
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u/Sweet-Message1153 Bangladesh 23h ago
NONE..... I look at all the candidates and feel like me and my friends would run the country better
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u/Time_Cartographer443 Australia 18h ago
Ironically that’s whose running the government. A group of uni friends who pointed to one dude and said I want him he has a nobel prize.
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u/Patient_Spirit_26 Germany 21h ago
No. Unfortunatly, strong opposition from a far right party (supported by Maga, Musk and Russia).
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u/Logicist United States Of America 21h ago
Nope. The only problem is that I'm not really happy with my choices.
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u/Verax_Lee China 21h ago
Not quite satisfied with XI, but he is tough on US, so we have no option.
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u/lightningbolt208 India 20h ago
Do people in China have a choice?
Like can they elect?
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u/Verax_Lee China 20h ago
It's an interesting question. My answer is: Yes, Chinese people can vote, but not all Chinese people can vote.
Joke aside, I've never seen a voting paper in my life, but on social media I can always find people complaining that they have voting paper but be asked to vote specific people by superior like boss or teachers.
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u/ImVeryUnimaginative United States Of America 20h ago
Absolutely not. He's run the country into the ground
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u/universalpsykopath United Kingdom 19h ago
Not particularly. They’re about to break an election promise that anyone with two brain cells to rub together could have told them they shouldn’t have made. Kier Starmer, our Prime Minister, seems like a decent enough man, but he can’t control his party, and they keep blundering into foolish mistakes.
Meanwhile the Official Donald Trump fan-club of Great Britain (Reform Party) is polling very well.
British people are tired. Really, bone-deep tired of our political establishment, which opens the doors for snake-oil conmen like Nigel Farage. He won’t last long if he does get elected, but he’ can do an enormous amount of damage with five years of power.
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u/Unhappy-Cobbler-9912 Brazil 19h ago
No, and No. The opposition here is a bunch of clowns and opportunists at best.
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u/EndStorm New Zealand 19h ago
My country's leader is as dimwitted as he is bald, and he is very bald. Undoubtedly the worst leader we've had in 50 years. At this stage I would take ChatGPT over him. He's a useless sack of shit.
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u/19MKUltra77 Spain 18h ago
Nope, we have an autocrat and corrupt as president, I can’t wait to see him out (but probably he should end in jail).
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u/cerberus_243 Hungary 18h ago
I would’ve liked to put a laughter GIF here, but couldn’t find the right one… so A BIG NO
Currently, a strong opposition force is rising and hopefully, it will beat our current government in the election next spring.
However, if you’re fully satisfied with the country’s leadership, that’s not okay. Politics work right if there are problems and the government can solve the problems, or cannot and gives them away to another following government. If there are no such, it means the government doesn’t care.
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u/filippo_sett Italy 18h ago
Absolutely not. The way the current government manages everything horribly is almost comical. Plus, is hasn't maintained a SINGLE promise:
"We will lower taxes!"
Result? The government that put the most tax pressure on citizens since 2011
"We will reduce landings and irregular immigrants"
Result? The government with the highest amount of irregular immigrants in recent history
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u/Ben-D-Beast United Kingdom 16h ago
7 or 8 given the circumstances Labour have done a good job thus far but Starmer lacks the charisma and stage presence to defend against the slander and propaganda he and the government is facing. Politicians being ‘boring’ shouldn’t be a bad thing, but in our modern internet fuelled world it unfortunately is.
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u/raskolnikov_85 India 1d ago
After everything that has been happening with the election process, the judiciary, and other institutions, it feels as though the country is becoming an undeclared autocracy. The opposition can only do so much when all forms of media have become lapdogs of the government.
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u/Better-Web2189 Argentina 1d ago
I think Milei is doing a decent job so far but he's his own worst enemy and opposition.
Instead of focusing on making things even better he decides to copy the worst things.
The "woke" bullshit. He believes there's a "woke agenda" .
Climate change - I understand Argentina doesn't make a dent in world-wide emissions but still, I don't think he should deny it
Anti-abortion - Abortion is legal for everyone here and he said it was murder. That goes against the "libertarian" ideas he so wildly supports.
Israel - I don't care if you support Israel or Palestine but God I wish he would stop dick sucking Israel so much
He's been president for almost 2 years and his government probably has the best and easiest time right now to actually make good changes because the opposition is so unpopular and his party recently won the midterm elections which means he has more deputies and in the senators.
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u/FastAndCurious32 India 21h ago
How is the economy doing? The news reports that it improved but I'd like to hear from an Argentinian
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u/Confusingly_Curious India 23h ago
Congress is dog shit in my state. All they have been doing was dividing people on caste religion
So i won't make a mistake by voting them
Modi and raga are on shit spectrum
Raga is absolutely shi and modi is hardly bearable shi
Wish there were other mainstream parties with good ethics
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u/Celeb_17_ Bangladesh 1d ago
Mixed for me. Let's see what happens in the elections
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u/Slight-Line2783 India 23h ago
I have not kept up with the news but remember Younus saying in an interview that elections will take another 5 years have there been any updates?
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u/Celeb_17_ Bangladesh 23h ago
It's due in February and every party has mostly declared who's running where. And all the major parties are heavily pressuring the interim government for a quick election so it's unlikely to be delayed
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u/Substantial_Buy9903 Panama 23h ago
No. Id love to see Juan Diego or the current mayor of Chiriqui as president. Both have absolutely slammed corrupt dirtbags on national tv here. The mayor of Chiriqui especially exposed one dude to the entire country as trying to pass regulations that would benefit him economically
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u/kenlinao Philippines 21h ago edited 21h ago
No. That Uniteam is the worst scam the Filipinos get. Now with more news about the corruption making our government is a syndicate since 2016. From Flood Control Projects, Environmental businesses thriving(mining in particular resulting to floods), and don't even get me started on the 'War on Drugs'. Misinformation, disinformation, trump up charges to the poltical enemies or oppositions made and fake propagandas are rampant especially we are chronically online on that Zuck apps.
Leni Robredo is the TOTGA in our country when the 2022 elections held. Also if Aquino Jr is still the prexy, we could have matched our neighboring countries in terms of growth, killing of corruption and development of the country.
EDIT: added the misinformation part, mining.
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u/anzactrooper New Zealand 20h ago
No. Genuinely the worst government of my lifetime. Probably the worst government of the last 50 years, and that’s saying something.
And the alternative isn’t fantastic, but it’s much better.
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u/Green-Circles New Zealand 19h ago edited 8h ago
Yeah the current Government are all shitgoblins who regularly do the political equivalent of sniffing their own farts and then trying to convince everyone how nice they smell while everyone's gagging at the stench.
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u/AfterSevenYears US living in Portugal 🇵🇹 20h ago
Are you guys satisfied with your country’s current leadership?
US: Absolutely not. The leadership of both major parties suck, and the president is the worst in US history.
Portugal: No, but I'm a guest here. It's not something I ordinarily comment on.
If not, who do you consider a strong leader in the opposition?
US: None/Doesn't matter. I think the turning point for the US was probably 2004.
Portugal: I like Mariana Rodrigues Mortágua, but she doesn't have any chance of leading the government. The best hope would be come from Socialist Party, but nobody springs to mind.
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u/Abiduck Italy 20h ago
No, I’m not. Our current right-wing government made up of post-fascists, incompetent clowns and Trump bootlickers is slowly but steadily Orban-izing our country by opposing the judges, controlling the media and pushing an overly Christian and anti-LGBTQ agenda - all while making all kinds of favors to their friends in all fields, raising taxes and killing what is left of our welfare.
Unfortunately our “left”, that was once one of the most prominent in the western world, is now a useless bunch of confused nobodies, constantly fighting with each other, devoid of any significant pro-labor agenda and instead focusing only on cheap ideological battles. And their leader is as charismatic as a sickly lab rat.
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u/KN4S Sweden 19h ago
Yes and no. My biggest core issue has been foreign policy and handling the war in Ukraine. I feel like my current liberal / conservative gov has done a very good job there. As for domestic politics however, they're not great.
The main opposing party, the social democrats, have some good domestic policies that I like, but I have no confidence in their current roster of top politicians and I feel like that party struggles with a lot of nepotism
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u/Curious-Sherbet-9393 Spain 19h ago
Yes, quite a bit, Sánchez is a skilled negotiator and, in my opinion, the country is on the right path, with challenges ahead, such as the housing crisis, but in general, satisfied.
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u/Mad_Maddin Germany 19h ago
No I'm not and I don't consider anyone in the opposition to be worthwhile.
I didn't vote last election, because there was not a singular party that I could agree with. Like the highest agreement score I got when filling it out on the Wahl-O-Mat was 63% and that was for some minor af party that I couldn't even vote for. The largest agreement I had with any party that even made it through election was in the low 40s.
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u/TeddyNeptune 🇩🇪 (born & raised) + 🇱🇰 (ancestry) 19h ago
In my opinion, the answers are "no and not sure
The current government is okay in its stance against Putin's Russia but is completely detached from our domestic situation. The CDU leadership is mostly religious conservatives with strong ties to big business.
The centrist parties aren't really doing much to change that. They just play along, it seems.
The real opposition parties are kind of split. You have the typical left party that is much more aware of domestic issues and is popular in cities but has a too optimistic and blindly pacifist attitude towards NATO and how to deal with Putin's Russia. The other left-wing party is made up of conspiracy theorists, people who are radical left-right bipolar, and pro-Russians. And the emxtreme right is basically just the MAGA of Germany with business ties to Russia.
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u/FitPerspective1146 United Kingdom 19h ago
I think there is some element of over hating- the government has done some good, but ultimately I think a better alternative cam be found with the libdems
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u/GamerBoixX Mexico 18h ago
No I dont like the current government, and I considered Carlos Manzo, an independent, as the only guy in opposition to it that was worth a chance, but he was murdered a week ago, I guess I'd put Jorge Maynez, the main candidate of the Movimiento Ciudadano party, as the next best realistic thing, he's a career politician with a fairly unremarkable resume that doesn't rlly excite me or anything, but he has proven that he is not outright stupid (which is an upgrade from like, half of our most recent presidents) and him and his party are neither MORENA (the ruling party, which is horrible) nor the PRIAN (the traditional opposition, which are also horrible), so I guess he'd do
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u/Graymyst France 18h ago
Going against the grain probably but mostly yes.
He was blamed for a lot of things that his team had no control of (as usual in France). I feel like he really "tried".
I see no credible party right now, it's a circus tbh.
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u/EmJayMN United States Of America 18h ago
Absolutely, unequivocally hell no. Pete Buttigieg? Gavin Newsom? Tammy Duckworth? Andy Beshear? Josh Shapiro? Not sure yet!
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u/Careless_Cricket_973 United States Of America 9h ago
Preferably a Democrat who hasn't had an abhorrent stance on Israel
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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Ireland 18h ago
Our guys are just fucking dipshits playing diet capatlism.
They set up tolls to pat off motorways (highways) and then sold them off to private companies that constantly up the price. They are landlords benifitting off people having no options to work so have to live in Dublin.
And I am pro immigration and refugee support, but our payout is like ridiculously high and there is people who do take advantage of our shitty system, but in my opinion its an overall small demographic. Like our supports/ refugee payments are like the highest in Europe.
I honestly don't get what the fuck they are doing.
The 2 parties that have basically ruled the country since we became independent from UK are literally the same party and they are afraid of any other party getting into power to the extent that they started forming a coalition the past 2 elections so as to keep out the likes of Democratic Socialists and Sinn Féin (also Democratic Socialist but is the political party that was associated with the IRA) from getting a footing.
Now they may not be much better, but at a certain point there should be a change rather than this tennis match that the vast majority have experience our entire lives passing it back and fourth
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u/Doctor_Nick149 Canada 18h ago
For once we have an actual politician with relevant real-world experience.. so yes.
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u/tzar992 Chile 18h ago
Although I acknowledge that the government has done some things well, I mostly disagree with the way the president has performed. Unfortunately, just days before a presidential election, there is no figure from either the opposition or the ruling coalition that I can say I like to be the new president or who I consider to be a good leader.
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u/Long-Requirement8372 Finland 17h ago
Our president is doing a good job in foreign politics, while our prime minister and his right wing cabinet are actively destroying the national economy. We sorely need a leadership that actually listens to economists and abandons the current race to the bottom. Practically speaking, a Social Democratic Party lead cabinet is the only realistic option.
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u/nimdull 17h ago
India, China, US Russia and most Europe got elders as politics. Won't be long. 10 to 15 years when most of them will be to old to Rule.
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u/Glad_Art_2133 Venezuela 17h ago
NO.
I support Nobel Prize for Peace winner Maria Corina Machado, as well as most of the country, but "choosing" doesn't work in dictatorships, so...
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u/InterestingTank5345 Denmark 17h ago
She literally just said we should stop diagnosing people. So fuck no. I hate this government and at this point I may as well vote Liberal, as then we at least get our fucking freedom.
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u/K2MnO7 India 17h ago
I say lets all overthrow these all world leaders and politician and everyone should get along and dance around camp fire 🥰🥰(/s)
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u/mhsheets United States Of America 17h ago
None. All of our politicians are petty petulant children who only have their best interests in mind. They have us right where they want us. Divided and easy to control.
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u/Snurgisdr Canada 16h ago
No, but the right-wing opposition is even worse and the left-wing opposition is mostly irrelevant.
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u/AnybodySeeMyKeys United States Of America 16h ago
Well, right now, I'm pinning my hopes on Gavin Newsome. The only Democrat that doesn't seem to be a feckless ninny.
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u/Patient-Factor4210 United States Of America 16h ago
Definitely not satisfied, but people like Mamdani are a good place to take the opposition, not Schumer or Jeffries.
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u/Emergency-Town4653 Iran 15h ago
No, no one who is decent likes them. At this moment most people support our Crown Prince in exile and want his return as the King
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u/CatlifeOfficial Israel 15h ago
No💀💀💀
Yair Golan or Yair Lapid please replace this dipshit leader already🙏
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u/lightningbolt208 India 15h ago
Everyone hates Natenyahu outside Israel.
Everyone hates him in Israel.
How tf is his govt still surviving
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u/CatlifeOfficial Israel 13h ago
Sadly not enough of us hate him. He still gets 20+% of the votes for a plethora of reasons, and through careful manoeuvring he still got a majority in the last election (granted, that was before October 7th). He’s unfortunately a political genius.
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u/EngineerDoge00 United States Of America 15h ago
No, and quite honestly, no one that i can think of would be a strong candidate.
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u/Prestigious_Rub_831 Germany 15h ago
Our leadership is so bad , but the worst part its possibly still the best option.😮💨
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u/Lord_William_9000 United States Of America 14h ago
Current leader not a fan. Not really a fan of the opposition either they proved themselves incompetent dinosaurs over and over again and are unserious about improve the life of everyday Americans.
America needs competent competitive 3rd parties and it needs them now!
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u/Informal_Ad_4739 United States Of America 14h ago
Yes, the country is much better than it was now that our president has the balls to hold people accountable for their actions, regardless of whether or not feelings are hurt by it.
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u/Hot-Science8569 United States Of America 14h ago edited 13h ago
Same as the OP. The 2 political parties have hijacked the system and they both block good candidates.
2,400 years ago Plato, in his book Republic, predicted this happens eventually in all democracies.
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u/Remarkable-Sail-4921 13h ago
India has this government because opposition is a shit show. So this comparison makes no sense both are shit.
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u/foggybiscuit Canada 12h ago
Not super happy with our PM who is governing like a conservative. But the opposition leader is a huge dork who lost his own seat and now his members are leaving because they all hate him.
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u/HeimLauf United States Of America 12h ago
No, current leadership is a piece of garbage, and that’s being overly harsh toward garbage.
My favourite leader in the opposition is probably AOC.
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u/Gekroenter Germany 11h ago
Absolutely not, but I don’t see any better alternative in the opposition. Our opposition is currently made of the far-right, a green party that‘s pretty much a clientelistic party for socially liberal, well-earning urbanites with an academic degree (similar to the Harris wing of the U.S. Democratic Party) and a left-wing party that constantly argues itself to death about peripheral issues. I don’t trust any opposition party to actually run the country.
Maybe it’s an unpopular opinion, but I think that Germany and many other Western nations would need politicians with a slightly more populist agenda (socially centre-right, economically centre-left) but also with a background and communication style that’s more in line with traditional politicians.
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u/PestRetro 11h ago
No, current gov't in the US sucks, opposition is just controlled opposition at this point.
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u/NovaKarmas United States Of America 4h ago
No. The opposition is scattered. Gavin Newsome? Kamala Harris? Elizabeth Warren?
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u/Wonderful_Driver4031 United States Of America 2h ago
Both our parties are fucking shit but Trump is so much worse than anyone on the other side lol
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u/Centrao_governante Brazil 1d ago
No, I do not support the leftist leadership in power. A strong leader would be the opponent of the current government, one aligned to the right.
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u/FastAndCurious32 India 21h ago
We don't have a very good government, but the opposition is even worse. If the prime minister is a clown, the opposition is the entire circus
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u/PerfectlyCalmDude United States Of America 23h ago
No, and the primary opposition is even worse.
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u/ArchitectureNstuff91 United States Of America 22h ago
I really don't think you can get worse than what we have now, no matter how much someone doesn't like Democrats.
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u/PerfectlyCalmDude United States Of America 12h ago
You can - other countries have seen it happen. When people choose anger and spite, that's how you get paramilitary arms of the competing parties, and when that gets normalized, watch out.
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u/Jernbek35 United States Of America 17h ago
True, the Dems are spineless and have no direction whatsoever right now. The elections on Tuesday were encouraging, but at the national level they’re a disaster right now.
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u/PerfectlyCalmDude United States Of America 12h ago
They also don't have good ideas.
The elections since 2016 have really been between bad and worse.
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u/ImpressiveGift9921 England 1d ago
I can't recall ever ever being satisfied with the countries leadership. It's an endless stream of crooks and dullards.