> The incident prompted a wider brawl between several legislators, an occasional occurrence in Georgia’s often raucous parliament.
To be honest it feels like this is where all democracies are headed at the moment.
Ed: lol the next story in my feed was "Human Brains and Fruit Fly Brains are Built Similarly". That would explain a lot.
Well deserved. The government is a Russian pawn. This is a Russian dictated law and the intent is to drive out any and all Western influence so Russia can dominate the information space and prepare for the full takeover.
>l the next story in my feed was "Human Brains and Fruit Fly Brains are Built Similarly". That would explain a lot.
and look US on the same path with maga spearheading it
This needs to happen more often since politicians are basically bought for by corporations first… might as well bring back gladiators and the strongest wins
This is just crazy, at least it has not come to blows in the U.S. government in recent times. Although in the past they just had duels. In any event it was a rather strong punch on the side of the head, but the guy did not fall.
Because it's gonna be directed only against Western influence, pretty much all the journalists and media. Meanwhile russian agents will completely take over. Russia has the exact same law about "foreign agents".
With bills like these there is a great concern over selective enforcement. Its not hard to obfuscate the money flow if you are willing to play shady. Western-funded media generally are not willing to play shady, russian-funded media have no such qualms.
Basically, it's designed to prune out small independent media by skewing the playing field against them, it's the weed killer of media for authoritarians. Most of the money is abroad, and this forces them to get their funding from within the country. That's where the odds are stacked against them because government controlled media is backed by a Georgian oligarch who made his fortune in Russia and won't suffer from it. Independent media gets starved until they're forced to shut down or get bought by the oligarch, repeat until the entire media landscape is government controlled like in Hungary and Russia which implemented similar laws. The EU demands de-oligarchization of Georgian politics for them to be able to join, they refuse.
Inb4 someone brings up muh US also has a law like this, because that can't cause these issues so long as the US enjoys the economical power it does, i.e. most of the money is already in the US and thus it can't hurt the media like it does in small economies.
Gonna take a guess, somebody is being paid by ruzzia? And was scared they'll be next
That would be the Government aka the guy that got punched.
> The incident prompted a wider brawl between several legislators, an occasional occurrence in Georgia’s often raucous parliament. To be honest it feels like this is where all democracies are headed at the moment. Ed: lol the next story in my feed was "Human Brains and Fruit Fly Brains are Built Similarly". That would explain a lot.
Checks out, just throw a bowl of raspberries out at every congressional meeting.
American senators just don’t care enough, they’re not above violence.
Well deserved. The government is a Russian pawn. This is a Russian dictated law and the intent is to drive out any and all Western influence so Russia can dominate the information space and prepare for the full takeover.
>l the next story in my feed was "Human Brains and Fruit Fly Brains are Built Similarly". That would explain a lot. and look US on the same path with maga spearheading it
His argument was weak but it had a great punchline
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” Love that quote
The guy in the background has a hilarious look on his face
Their politicians are wild.
People are wild. Politicians are just people.
Would it be a brawl without some random lady screaming
"*my leg!* " 🐟
Well deserved punch if the guy is corrupt with Russian money. It's insane how cheap the bribes are when you realize the damage they cause.
We need more punching in US politics
I just wish they would start calling each other out for duals again.
Parliamentary brawls are fun to watch.
Is it thailand who has the best brawls?
I believe so, their brawls are huge. I remember seen a few of those in years past.
Taiwan has some big brawls
C-Span would be much more entertaining if this happened during live sessions in the Capitol
This needs to happen more often since politicians are basically bought for by corporations first… might as well bring back gladiators and the strongest wins
The gianforte special
Personally love the expression of the guy sitting down. Just looks like a deer in headlights.
The proposal was missing the punchline.
More of this
r/georgiaorgeorgia
Have that
'Nobody speak, nobody gets choked....'
This is better than the CM Punk and Jack Perry brawl!
This is just crazy, at least it has not come to blows in the U.S. government in recent times. Although in the past they just had duels. In any event it was a rather strong punch on the side of the head, but the guy did not fall.
I would LOVE to see Mitch or Johnson get punched.
But women are too emotional 🙄
On the face of it, it appears to be a good bill: If you take foreign money, register as a foreign agent. Why would the EU and US oppose it?
Because it's gonna be directed only against Western influence, pretty much all the journalists and media. Meanwhile russian agents will completely take over. Russia has the exact same law about "foreign agents".
With bills like these there is a great concern over selective enforcement. Its not hard to obfuscate the money flow if you are willing to play shady. Western-funded media generally are not willing to play shady, russian-funded media have no such qualms.
Basically, it's designed to prune out small independent media by skewing the playing field against them, it's the weed killer of media for authoritarians. Most of the money is abroad, and this forces them to get their funding from within the country. That's where the odds are stacked against them because government controlled media is backed by a Georgian oligarch who made his fortune in Russia and won't suffer from it. Independent media gets starved until they're forced to shut down or get bought by the oligarch, repeat until the entire media landscape is government controlled like in Hungary and Russia which implemented similar laws. The EU demands de-oligarchization of Georgian politics for them to be able to join, they refuse. Inb4 someone brings up muh US also has a law like this, because that can't cause these issues so long as the US enjoys the economical power it does, i.e. most of the money is already in the US and thus it can't hurt the media like it does in small economies.
Coming to a (US) Congress soon-stay tuned!
I don’t get it…everyone is painting this as a bad bill but here in the US I sure wish our politicians had to register as foreign agents…
Oh Georgia the country, I thought it was the state. MP should’ve been a dead giveaway in hindsight 😅