XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics   
   From: campbell@neotext.ca   
      
   On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 14:05:22 +0300, Oleg Smirnov wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Prob'ly right.  Dismally so...   
      
   Dhu   
      
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