The Death of Romania's Democracy Delusion
War with Russia is too Important to be Left to Voters
by Brad Pearce
Western “liberal democracy” has been exposed as a farce. Bravely opening up a new frontier in shamelessness, the Constitutional Court of Romania has ruled that the first round of their Presidential Election was invalid after the surprise victory of the “relatively unknown” independent candidate Calin Georgescu, a man who is described as an “ultranationalist” and a “conspiracy theorist,” though who is perhaps more accurately described as a somewhat quirky guy who wants to avoid confrontation with Russia and made some indiscreet comments about disfavored former rulers of Romania. After our story’s plucky hero Georgescu got 22% in the first round they had a recount of the entire vote, hoping they could prove election fraud [an assumption which would make you a “fascist” if it was lodged at the victory of an anti-Russia politician.] When it was found that the vote count was valid, the Constitutional Court straight cancelled the entire election out of fear that Georgescu could win, after voting in the second round had already started for expatriates. A new election will supposedly be held at some point in the near future.
The justification for cancelling the election to save democracy? Of course, it is the claim that Russian launched a “hybrid attack” on the election by allegedly buying some TikTok ads or something. They have no proof, nor any explanation for how that would constitute an “attack,” but it’s similar to all the other times people made this baseless accusation when they didn’t like election results, so that’s good enough for government work. The commentary on this is a combination of hilarious and mind-numbingly stupid, with not a single mainstream media hack recognizing the irony of believing that only through a conspiracy could a “conspiracy theorist” be elected. What’s more, they say this with a straight face while themselves acknowledging the raft of institutional failures which would lead to protest voting. At the heart of the whole affair lies the clear admission that the public seeing Georgescu’s message would cause them to vote for him, which is to say that the public does want peace with Russia and it isn’t all a nefarious peace conspiracy by the dastardly Russkies. I, for one, thank our friends at the Constitutional Court of Romania for laying it bare for all to see that Western “liberal democracy” is [more or less literally] fake: you can use the elections to decide the VAT on zacusca but you filthy peasants best leave matters of war and peace to your betters and the fancy ideas they got studying Retardology at places like Oxford and Columbia.
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