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@Cuauhtemoc it's all in good fun, but I did move Erdogan up to #4, ahead of Temer, and Maduro up to #8, after adding a couple metrics.
It's a matter of relative opinion, but I think Temer, as an avatar for his party and for private interests, symbolizes greater contravention of democracy on account of the fact that he's more unpopular than the other two (which is insane given the state of the Venezuelan economy), is being pretty plainly propped up by his party colleagues despite his many scandals, and because of his party's active suppression of a far more popular (populist) alternative.
Meanwhile, for the other two, they get the benefit of two considerations: (i) Maduro is facing reprehensible economic sanctions, fighting off insurrection funded by insidious regional oligarchs, and has made conscious efforts to compromise with his opponents, and (ii) Erdogan is extremely popular. Also, in the interest of transparency, I do think that Leopoldo Lopez and Henrique Capriles are both utter scumbags, even if Maduro is an incompetent stooge.
I think Macron has benefited immensely from the fact that his comparators (Trump and May) are so woefully incompetent and humiliating to their countries, that his dry appearance of pragmatism has served to disguise otherwise-odious neoliberal policies. The French are famously critical of their political leaders and intolerant if mediocrity, and I think right now he's benefiting from a worldwide new found appreciation for mediocrity compared to madmen.
How is Temer more oppressive to his opponents than Erdogan and Maduro? Maduro puts his opponents in jail and Erdogan didn't put his opponent(gulen) in jail because he fled to the US.
It's a matter of relative opinion, but I think Temer, as an avatar for his party and for private interests, symbolizes greater contravention of democracy on account of the fact that he's more unpopular than the other two (which is insane given the state of the Venezuelan economy), is being pretty plainly propped up by his party colleagues despite his many scandals, and because of his party's active suppression of a far more popular (populist) alternative.
Meanwhile, for the other two, they get the benefit of two considerations: (i) Maduro is facing reprehensible economic sanctions, fighting off insurrection funded by insidious regional oligarchs, and has made conscious efforts to compromise with his opponents, and (ii) Erdogan is extremely popular. Also, in the interest of transparency, I do think that Leopoldo Lopez and Henrique Capriles are both utter scumbags, even if Maduro is an incompetent stooge.
About Macron, I wouldn't say disappointing because his campaign was so vague I don't even know what he stood up for. But he has done little regardless.
I think Macron has benefited immensely from the fact that his comparators (Trump and May) are so woefully incompetent and humiliating to their countries, that his dry appearance of pragmatism has served to disguise otherwise-odious neoliberal policies. The French are famously critical of their political leaders and intolerant if mediocrity, and I think right now he's benefiting from a worldwide new found appreciation for mediocrity compared to madmen.
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