Progressive Politics

4673 readers

730 users here now

Welcome to Progressive Politics! A place for news updates and political discussion from a left perspective. Conservatives and centrists are welcome just try and keep it civil :)

(Sidebar still a work in progress post recommendations if you have them such as reading lists)

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

TokenBoomer@lemmy.world

386

[Video] Albania is erupting for the second consecutive day in angry mass protests against the Jared Kushner land seizure deal worth $4 billion. (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 day ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

42 comments fedilink hide all child comments

alternative video upload: https://streamable.com/e/g1k7it

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Jared Kushner went on a trip on a Rotschild (yes that one) mega yacht diving around Europe. Then the Albanian prime minister came to their boat and promised to sell them a massive island for a low price (in exchange for political support or bribes from daddy Trump most likely). Shortly after the boat visit the Albanian government privatized the island and sold it to Jared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjDXjcNU2rw

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I thought the Albania prime minister was an AI hologram?

Still, this is fucking bullshit. Do people live on the island? Any cultural heritage sites? It's bullshit either way, but that would make it so much worse.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's a former Soviet military base and had been closed off for its ecosystem.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

How symbolic.

It's fucked up that they're going to destroy the preserved ecosystem, but not that surprising honestly. I'm so burnt out and disillusioned that nothing really surprises me anymore...

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

That burnout feeling. I don't know how anybody DOESN'T feel that way. Honestly sometimes I wish I was stupid and could just dive into tiktok and pretend that everything is fine.