Follow-up on my last post: we did not elect the Nazi! We elected the other guy, with 53.8% of votes in total and a voter turnout of 74.2% (which is pretty high). Turns out that a lot of people took a good, hard look at Hofer and his campaign and decided that even if they didn’t particularly like his opponent, the difference was big enough to vote against Hofer anyway.
Category: Welcome to the zoo
Political events and happenings. The category name stems from Greek philosopher Aristotle’s description of humans as “political animals”.
Politics and powerlessness
Lately, I’ve been struggling with feelings of powerlessness and restlessness.
Omphaloskeptomai 