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Cynical Overtakes Sacred, as the West Bares its True Face

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  Cynical Overtakes Sacred, as the West Bares its True Face Simplicius One can hardly believe it anymore. The West has dropped  all pretense  of their sacred cow of ā€˜democracyā€™, used for generations as an instrument of moral superiority with which to browbeat the rest of the world. Romanian candidate Calin Georgescu larruped his opponent in the first round of presidential elections, only for the entire result to be ā€˜nullifiedā€™ by a Romanian court, absurdly citing ā€œRussian interference on TikTokā€ā€”with no real evidence. ( See here for a deep dive on said ā€˜evidenceā€™. ) A few context-setting reactions: On top of that, current Romanian president Klaus Iohannisā€”taking a page out of Zelenskyā€™s playbookā€”has declared he will illegally stay past his termā€™s constitutional deadline to absolutely no outrage, calls to action, or even criticism from his Western partners: As the West finally unravels, we are witness to a veritable  string  of shocking perversions of the so-call...