XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics   
   From: os333@netc.eu   
      
   Dhu on Gate,    
      
   > I DO NOT UNDERSTAND why Finland has abandoned   
   > it's post WW2 stance on Russia: they were in   
   > a lucky place, economically and politically.   
      
   Unliable media + 'madness of crowd' + democratic populism.   
   Media, 'activists' whip/egg popular emotional excitement up.   
   Politicians then seek to comply with the (real or apparent)   
   herd emotion which results in a policymaking that turns out   
   irrational under a saner assessment.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)