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Could Boris Johnson have run for re-election in the July 2022 Conservative party leadership election?
On July 7, 2022, Boris Johnson announced his intention to resign as leader of the Conservative Party, and to leave the office of Prime Minister after the conclusion of a leadership election.
Could Johnson have stood to be re-elected to the…
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Why are democracy and liberalism correlated?
For the purposes of this question, let me (loosely) define:
Democracy = situation where the government is chosen by the
population (using some ‘reasonable’ voting rule)
Liberal state = state which allows individuals to make their own
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Are there any strategic reasons that Russian authorities would allow indiscriminate killing of Ukrainian civilians?
First of all, I believe that killing unarmed civilians is evil. But I know that this is not a problem for many leaders, including Putin, so I'm taking morality out of the equation in my question.
I completely fail to understand why the Russian…
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How can one efficiently find primary sources of propaganda in order to research it?
Global affairs analyst Susan Glasser encourages studying Putin's ~17 March 2022 speech in its entirety:
It's really gone in the other direction. Rather than oligarchs having a say over Vladimir Putin, he seems to have put more and more power onto…
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What exactly does Putin mean by 'genocide' in Ukraine?
Today, Russia's president Vladimir Putin was talking with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Putin referred to the situation in Ukraine's breakaway regions as a 'genocide'. What exactly is he referring to? This appears to be a very confused…
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What is the motivation for the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, at the risk of starting a hot war with Russia?
My understanding is that due to its overall economic conditions today, Russia, a country much weaker than Soviet Union, does not have enough military power to defeat NATO in a hot war without invoking nuclear weapons (e.g., the military budget of…
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Why are White Americans in the Southern region of the USA much more conservative and Republican than elsewhere?
Election results and polling show that White voters in the South are the most Republican and ideologically conservative in the entire country. This is especially evident in the votes cast in counties with small Black population shares versus large…
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What international laws might prohibit Brazil from cutting down the Amazon or using it as a natural resource of Brazil?
Brazil has been cutting down large swaths of the Amazon rainforest for development,agriculture and the use of natural resources from the rainforest. However, the Amazon is widely regarded as the lungs of the earth. Keeping this in mind, what…
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Why does the amount of stimulus checks depend on each person's income, not assets?
I read an article "A breakdown of the fiscal and monetary responses to the pandemic" and noticed most direct cash payments depended on each person's income, unemployment, or dependent family members, but not on their asset size. Correct me if I'm…
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What conditions must happen to end a cult of personality?
Background
Cults of Personality are a long standing phenomenon going back to at least the Roman Emperor Commodus. However the term really only entered popular lexicon after Nikita Khrushchev's Secret Speech. That speech heralded the beginning of…
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Is there objective proof that recent bills (1st half of 2021) that restrict voting are targeting Democratic voters specifically?
In 2016, Georgia and Arizona had 2 Republican senators. This year, in 2021, they both have 2 Democratic senators each. There are rumors that the GOP is trying to stop groups of people who are more supportive of Democratic candidates from voting as…
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How many current US senators are NOT from political families?
Recently, I've read an interesting article about US political dynasties:
It is perhaps not very surprising that so many children of politicians go into politics. After all, it’s daddy’s business. Lots of doctors’s children go to medical…
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How does Rita Hart know that 22 votes weren't counted?
Iowa District 2 votes were recounted multiple times and in the end, Republican Candidate Marianette Miller-Meeks won by a close election by 6 votes. Democrat Candidate Rita Hart claims that 22 votes weren't counted and if they were, she would've…
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Why isn't the constitutionality of Trump's 2nd impeachment decided by the supreme court?
Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional
As I understand the US supreme court, they rule on the constitutionality of issues. Therefore it seems like the question of whether Trump's 2nd impeachment is constitutional is…
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When is violent civil unrest defined as a civil war?
Given the recent civil unrest in the United States, where after three months of rioting, protesters and counter-protesters have begun shooting each other on the streets with at least three dead, I started wondering about what the definition of a…
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