Day 694
In the way of argumentative cantankerousness, one of my grievances is governance as represented by Z, upon whose unshaven head I empty the vial of Taiwan’s continued democractic success. This might be why Ukraine’s flag flies in Tapei City, but not the other way around.
That’s because Taiwan is a successful liberal democracy in which individual freedoms are protected by constitutional rights and liberties along with collective rights and liberties enforced by the rules of law. Ukraine is merely an electoral democracy — a government based on a system that enables all citizens to select one candidate from a list of competitors for political office.
Z is the populist leader of Ukraine. Under martial law, he and his six Yanukovych-era “managers” oversee the executive branch, legislature and courts. The result: a gigantic mess.
Another populist in charge of an electoral democracy is Argentina’s president Javier Milei, who took selfies and videos with surprised pas…
