Answer to sibling about Romania
Elections were nulled because of illegal campaign funding.
Russia literally bankrolled the campaign and it wasn't reported as part of the campaign funding.
You mean countries like Romania, who had their election forcibly cancelled because the EU is scared of Russian social media posts, and Germany, who thinks that a man giving a speech and promoting a certain party is election interference?
> Romania, who had their election forcibly cancelled because the EU
Well that’s wrong for a start. The election was cancelled by the Romanian constitutional court, not the EU.
Leon has tons of influence unfortunately all over, so yes it’s tantamount to interference. South African citizen shouldn’t have any say in politics outside of South Africa.
This is literally totalitarianism. What the hell? I shouldn't be able to say that I support the AfD just because I don't live in Germany?
No one's saying you can't. The equation changes when a foreign billionaire (and richest man in the world) is saying it.
If you think democracy is threatened because someone pledges their public support for a specific party, then you don't actually believe in democracy.