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[EuchreJack]

Stubb and Haavisto going to the second round.

EDIT: Three days of waves of strikes across multiple sectors and unions in Finland, in protest against the government's planned reforms of the economy and restrictions on the right to strike, begin today.

I wonder how much that cost E. Sux?

Good news Sweden! You're getting Americanized!

[martinuzz]

You're late to the party. Sweden was Americanized somewhere about 75 years ago

[martinuzz]

Fucking retard farmers piss me off so much. Protesting, blockading, and why? Because they /  their children cannot play millionaire boy anymore.
And what does their political foreman say? Extinction rebellion, they should be declared terrorist. Their children should be taken from them by child protective services if they dare protest against climate change.

But hey... Farmers blockading highways with their tractors, and using their children as protestors, that's all fine!
Threatening with suicide, also fine!

Sickening. XR at least protests for the future of all their fellow human beings. Fucking shit farmers only protest because they fear their kids cannot be millionaires anymore.

IMO, seize all tractors of protesting farmers. Make them lose their income and jobs if they don't think again about what the fuck they are doing.
Please farmers, if you think not being a millionaire is so bad you don't want to live anymore? Plesae jump off a bridge or in front of a train. Goodbye and good riddance. Better take the bridge than the train though, think of the trauma you can cause to train operators, try to do at least one thing right in your life.

[EuchreJack]

All protesters are crazy
Which is why we should love and cherish them
Be thankful they're willing to make a stand for what they believe in
And
Be thankful we're not that nuts.

Ultimately, you either cherish all protesters or kill all protesters. There is no middle ground.

[Strongpoint]

Protests should have rather strict rules enforced. Yes, the role of the protests is to create discomfort and disruption but they should be reasonable, proportional to the importance of the problem, and target people who have something to do with what you protest against.

Blocking roads and disrupting the lives of random compatriots is a non-violent equivalent of blowing up random civilians in armed resistance.

Also, we need a legal mechanism for counter-protesting. I mean people should have a right to counter-protest against farmers. Like blocking access to their fields during sowing or harvesting season. Or burning the harvest down

[Maximum Spin]

Also, we need a legal mechanism for counter-protesting. I mean people should have a right to counter-protest against farmers. Like blocking access to their fields during sowing or harvesting season. Or burning the harvest down

The core issue there is that those are private property and you can be shot for doing that.

[EuchreJack]

Oftentimes, I don't think people understand how protesting works...

[Strongpoint]

Meanwhile Polish protestors blockaded the Polish-Ukrainian border once again. They are also outright attacking Ukrainian trucks with grain.

Indeed, I must be failing to understand how protesting work...

[da_nang]

Second round of Finnish Presidential election is counting the last few votes. Alexander Stubb is in the lead with about 100k more votes than Pekka Haavisto. With 98% votes counted (less than 100k left based on turnout), it looks like Stubb is the new President of Finland.

EDIT: More strikes this week against the Finnish government's reforms, starting today. Prime Minister Orpo is stubbornly remaining on his high horse.

EDIT2: More strikes starting week 11. Port workers will be striking for two weeks in protest against the government's reforms.