Tag: Vladimir Putin

  • Billionaires are often squeezed by autocrats

    Billionaires are often squeezed by autocrats

    Billionaires who support autocrats have no guarantee that the autocrat will grant them benefits once elected. Having an autocrat’s ear does not necessarily last. It is quite common to see autocrats discard their supporters. “He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it.” Dune, Frank Herbert. This means that when you bring…

  • Encuestas y voto útil

    Encuestas y voto útil

    En Francia, Anne Hildalgo y Eva Joly eran candidatas con un programa progresista, social y ecológico ambicioso y que habían demostrado su valía en el pasado. Una, gestionando la ciudad de París como alcaldesa, y la otra, llevando a los magnates del petróleo y a los políticos corruptos a la cárcel gracias a su labor…

  • Polls and tactical voting

    Polls and tactical voting

    In France, Anne Hildalgo and Eva Joly were candidates with ambitious progressive, social, and ecological programs who had proven themselves in the past. One had managed the city of Paris as mayor, and the other had brought oil company executives and corrupt politicians to prison through her work as an investigating judge. The polls gave…