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that's my read, and the same MAGA effect we see elsewhere, election conspiracies are among their favorite
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If that is your 'read' then I see only three possibilities:

1: you did not actually read the articles - there are many, now also including one on the fact that international observers are looking into voting fraud in Sweden [1]

2: you tried to read the articles but did not understand what was written because you don't speak Swedish and could not be bothered to pull them through a translator

3: you read the articles, understood what was written but decided it did not fit some desired narrative and as such it was best to deny, generalise and attempt to shift blame to those who noticed what is going on

That there has been election fraud is more than clear. Nearly ever day reports come out about more fraud by candidates for the same (communist) party in different districts. Thus far all those candidates have been of foreign extraction which gives this an extra dimension in the already messy political landscape in Sweden. Denying fraud while blathering about MAGA (which has nothing to do with Sweden whatsoever and seems to be a failed attempt at a "progressive Chewbacca defence* [2]) does not help anyone.

[1] https://www.tv4.se/artikel/37VDHaUBmbgXCIRAP1bR8f/internatio...

[2] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chewbacca+de...


I'm using "MAGA" as a generic term for conspiracy prone folks on the right, there is a global trend in every western country, election fraud is among their favorite theories. Trump also had "election fraud" investigated in 2020, he lost every case. He continues to claim it, people continue to parrot it, there is still no evidence. I would be amiss to mention that there is now red/blue | right/left MAGA, the far left has lost it too.

when taking your comments together, and the times we live in, you sound like those people, whether you are or not (I don't know), but that is the world we live in now

I'm a big South Park fan, familiar with the chewie defense, coincidentally I shared that clip yesterday


More than 5,000 Swedish citizens have appealed the election, there are hundreds of reported cases of election fraud or tampering, foreign state influencing, and the special police for threats against deomcracy is involved in investigations.

Denying this reality makes you a conspiracy theorist.




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