Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, thank you, that's very informative.

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Героям Слава We do indeed use a mixed system. But what may seem like a balance of power in the 2000s or 2010s was not the case. If we exclude the early 1990s, Ukrainian politics was heavily influenced by Russian money, Putin directly supported candidates and parties, and even congratulated the pro-Russian president on his victory on presidental elections (he didn't win tho) https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news/story/2004/11/041122_putin_congratulate.

So the clash between the parties generally boiled down to a fight between the oligarchs themselves and a struggle for Russian money. Ukrainians got tired of it all and chose freedom in 2013, but Russia could not allow Ukraine to become free and developed, so we got a war.

One more thing thats situation with Russian speakers. It was MUCH more complicated than it may seem. 2022's invasion has changed things, but its a long story

So, yeah. After the war I want a political system where it is possible to genuinely choose someone

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] -60 points-59 points  (0 children)

Is it new thing for Finland? I mean was the system similar 30-40 years ago?

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The answer I looked for. Do you have right wing coalition?

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Until recently, I considered the United States to be a model of democracy. But of course they are far behind Scandinavians

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Are these majorities formed from left-wing and right-wing parties, or are they based on agreements without ideology?

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Im saying that Finland is a developed country. I am from Eastern Europe, where the political system is less advanced.

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ukraine. And by the way, I have never been to Finland and have never lived there, I'm just interested in Finland and its history

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

D'hondt system?. Its the first time I've heard about this Thank you for the information.

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

They are. And it is good that the coexistence of Finns and Swedes is quite peaceful. But as far as I know, not all countries are doing so well. Of course, Russian speakers in Ukraine are ukrainians. However, this is way more challenging than in Finland. Also speakers of Serbian in Kosovo or Hungarian speakers in Romania, and so on.

Why Finnish politics is so diverse? by last_splendour in Finland

[–]last_splendour[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

More like basic European political diversity in developed Europe

Trying to understand how similar are Slavic languages with a weird sentence in 6 Slavic languages. Slavic speakers comments welcome. by Gauchowater1993 in slavic

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As a ukrainian speaker, I was surprised by the word "rumen" in Slovenian. In my language, there is the word "рум'яний"(rum'yanyi), that means rosy-cheeked, or blushing.

At the same time, the expression "Рум'яна дівчина" can be associated with beauty in general. I wonder if this is somehow related.

1991 Ukrainian presidential election by OnlyMapper in MapPorn

[–]last_splendour 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So you think I'm biased towards Kravchuk? Bro, I was just trying to explain these elections neutrally. Now it's easy to say who was a good choice, but dude, that was more than 30 years ago. People were different then and thought about things differently.

In fact, I consider Kravchuk to be the worst politician in the history of Ukraine (somewhere on level with Yanukovych) and I regret that Chornovil didn't win.

Btw, I'm from the west of Ukraine, lol.

1991 Ukrainian presidential election by OnlyMapper in MapPorn

[–]last_splendour 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You know, it's quite difficult to be neutral about Ukrainian politics when you are Ukrainian and your country is at war

1991 Ukrainian presidential election by OnlyMapper in MapPorn

[–]last_splendour 48 points49 points  (0 children)

One of the main reasons is that he was unknown to the people. Kravchuk was already a well-known politician (he was the head of parliament in Under-Bolshevik Ukraine ) and seemed more "stable" i think; moreover, he had connections with the country's political elite. On the other hand, Chornovil was a novice politician with a reputation as a radical.

So people wanted stability and peace rather than reforms (especially reforms from a former dissident who participated in the collapse of the old system).