101@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAlgeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95% of vote.www.euractiv.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up151
arrow-up151external-linkAlgeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95% of vote.www.euractiv.com101@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareBigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 months agoWow! 95%? President Tebboune is really popular! Nobody gets 95% of the vote without being very popular. /s Why do people do this? Is it a show of force? Like “imagine what I can do to you, if I’m able to cheat this boldly”.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoVanity. Dictators all have very fragile egos that need constant validation.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago“Amateur numbers. All my friends routinely get 97-98%.”
Wow! 95%? President Tebboune is really popular! Nobody gets 95% of the vote without being very popular. /s
Why do people do this? Is it a show of force? Like “imagine what I can do to you, if I’m able to cheat this boldly”.
Vanity. Dictators all have very fragile egos that need constant validation.
“I beat Putin!!”
Yes.
“Amateur numbers. All my friends routinely get 97-98%.”