Democracy Erosion Quotes
Often called Blackshirts
He was convicted of corruption having transferred millions of dollars of government money to his maid and chauffer (without their knowledge) to hide the money the had taken. He jumped bail and fled the country after his conviction and ran his Pheu Thai Party, from abroad. He then had his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, run in the next election and she was elected Prime Minister and so he continued to control much of the country but could not return last he be jailed. His definition of an incompetent teacher is one who called for his resignation. This is a good example of why there is a need for tenure at universities. He tried to get the university administrators to fire the “incompetent” teachers.
Turkey had become a modern, secular nation under the leadership of Ataturk. At the time of this interview, a religious party had won a plurality of seats in the Parliament and while not rolling back the secular nature of the Turkish state which is enshrined in the Turkish Constitution, has tried to stem the tide of secularism.
The law required voters to have a driver’s license or other picture ID issued by the Motor Vehicles Bureau. 300,000 adults in the state did not have a license. They tended to be more frequent among the poor, the elderly, and the minorities.
The Eurozone economy was in recession as part of the Great Recession and nationalist, racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic minority parties were becoming stronger and more popular as a reaction against Muslim militancy and the number of immigrants which, with the exception of the United Kingdom the European people were not used to.
