Former PM’s promotion of Beijing-backed development in Sri Lanka has increased concern he could be a pawn for Xi Jinping

Former PM’s promotion of Beijing-backed development in Sri Lanka has increased concern he could be a pawn for China’s Xi Jinping.

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
    17·
    8 months ago

    Does it matter if he’s popular? Getting the old skeletons out of the closet and hanging them up again seems to be a pretty popular tactic in western politics right now. The US took obviously demented Biden, the German conservatives are now lead by a guy that lost to Merkel 20 years ago, and now the UK are pulling Cameron back up.

    Anything but leading a genuine generational change and moving to politics that do more than cling on to the past.

    • Lmaydev@programming.devEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      I’ve never seen any actual evidence that Biden is suffering from mental decline. Kind of feels like right wing propaganda and ageism.

      I know plenty of people whose mental faculties remained till the end of their lives.

          • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
            21·
            8 months ago

            In this regard they are both symptoms of the same problem. Instead of creating a new generation of leaders and moving on with the world, it is looked in the past, to find people that manage stagnation or reactionary politics moving backwards.

            • davepleasebehave@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              8 months ago

              Biden was chosen on order to avoid the mistakes of Clinton.

              a safe pair of hands that could not be accused of being a communist and could attract swing voters and allow republicans to hold their nose and vote for him.

              At least republican’s would not have a visceral reaction and might happily stay away from the booths.

          • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
            13·
            8 months ago

            Yes they are

            https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/symptoms-and-diagnosis/symptoms/

            • memory loss
            • difficulty concentrating
            • finding it hard to carry out familiar daily tasks, such as getting confused over the correct change when shopping
            • struggling to follow a conversation or find the right word
            • being confused about time and place
            • mood changes

            The fourth and sixth point definetely apply to Biden.

            • Lmaydev@programming.devEnglish
              3·
              8 months ago

              They also apply to a huge number of people. I mean mood changes could not be more generic. He also seems to follow conversations fine.

              You’re also ignoring the fact he doesn’t show 4 out of 6 lol

              • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
                12·
                8 months ago

                i wrote

                The fourth and sixth point definetely apply to Biden.

                which means something else than “4 out of 6”

                i expect a president not to starting talking during a press conference, that he thinks one of the reporters is an idiot. That is definetely more than the appropriate mood swing for a president