[Potemkin]

But we are talking about Erodgan.

And Istanbuller.

[Istanbuller]

Yes, but only if you have a kindergarten logic.

It is not that simple issue. You can't claim anything without data or evidence. You can't know better than President as he has lots of advisors working on these issues. From what I remember, he was saying that there was a period time the CB decreased interest rate and inflation also decreased after that.

[fuser]

You can't know better than President

You can if your president is Erodgan.

[Rugoz]

In reality, of course, the 'masses' don't exist - there are only individual people acting as rational economic agents and not giving a flying fuck what anyone else is doing.

Correction - he seems to think of the "masses" as a child, which needs the stern hand of a loving but strict Father to curb its childish excesses and wilful disobedience. It's a psychologically interesting frame of mind, and seems to be common among the more intellectually limited type of despot.

Is that you?

[Potemkin]

Is that you?

Is that me what?

[Rugoz]

That Kilchnel tweet is funny.

Eldogan's stlategy: The mole blatant the lie the bettel.

Is that me what? :eh:

I don't know, doesn't sound like a commie, but whatever.

[Istanbuller]

I don't really understand anti- Erdogan crowd here. If all citizens in Turkey had that kind of logic, then Turkey would still be a shitty country. Thankfully at least %60 of total population is sane and all people enjoying the stability since 2002.

[Potemkin]

I don't know, doesn't sound like a commie, but whatever.

Oh, I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. What I meant to say was, "Individualism is merely a decadent capitalist-imperialist illusion - the masses have a single hive mind, and should all dress in Mao suits and work all day in identical featureless cubicles for the greater glory of Socialism! ALL HAIL COMRADE STALIN!" There, happy now?

[Rugoz]

Oh, I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. What I meant to say was, "Individualism is merely a decadent capitalist-imperialist illusion - the masses have a single hive mind, and should all dress in Mao suits and work all day in identical featureless cubicles for the greater glory of Socialism! ALL HAIL COMRADE STALIN!" There, happy now? :)

Yes, much better. You were straying from that path there for moment.

[Potemkin]

Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow, Rugoz.

[Beren]

He is the President and has every right to talk about whatever he wants.

Sure, even when he clearly doesn't have a clue.

I don't really understand anti- Erdogan crowd here. If all citizens in Turkey had that kind of logic, then Turkey would still be a shitty country. Thankfully at least %60 of total population is sane and all people enjoying the stability since 2002.

It seems the Turkish enjoy stupidity too. I guess they will enjoy senility as well, when the time comes.

[Istanbuller]

I don't really understand you, Beren. You are not different than other ones here.

[Rugoz]

I reject the notion that only Latin American autocrats can be stupid.

(if I didn't have a yellow card I would accuse the mod of racism now)

(if I had the option to post smilies I would post a smilie now)

[Jim4120]

I reject the notion that only Latin American autocrats can be stupid.

I find it odd that this thread was moved here, as only one of the autocrats mentioned is actually from Latin America. The other three are from the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Africa, and the majority of the thread is actually about the one from Turkey. which is clearly not Latin American.

[Lexington]

Since seemingly KlassWar and I agree on some aspect of economic policy , a rift has opened in time and space and this thread has been sucked into another continent.

Actually, yeah, no clue why this got moved to Today's News but meh, whatever.

[mikema63]

Since seemingly KlassWar and I agree on some aspect of economic policy

We're making progress with you it seems. Come over to the dark side! (It doesn't have to be Stalinist!)

[Decky]

Yes it does.

[Beren]

It wouldn't be the dark side otherwise.

[Potemkin]

Stalinism will always be your final destination, young Anakin.... er, I mean Lexington.

[Beren]

Stalinism is not the real Sith thing, it's rather the Sauron thing. The Reagan-Bush or the Bush-Cheney presidency was the real Sith thing.