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[-] EatPotatoes@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

Ireland is full of pathetic opportunists sucking at the teeth of foreign capital that keep voting this government in. They will observe and cheer on the fourth reich.

[-] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

while i largely agree i think it's worth noting that Sinn Fein won the popular vote in 2020 and there was a soft bourgeois coup to maintain power. not that SF are much use, they rolled over and let that happen and then completely fucked the following election which should have been a gimme. and i am under no illusions that SF will save us. just, you know, our system doesn't really resemble democracy

[-] EatPotatoes@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Enough people voted for three bourgeois parties to form a government in 2020. Wouldn’t call it a coup if Sinn Fein wherent organised enough for a snap election to run enough candidates.

The middle class then lost their minds after the Ukraine war and I still demand they go fight in the foreign legion if they care so much.

[-] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ireland is a comprador ruled state in the EU. They have so much potential as revolutionaries... I blame the religion.

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's "suckling at the teet of", not "sucking at the teeth".

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Teat*

If you're going to correct people, at least be right.

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 2 points 13 hours ago

oof you got me

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