We learned today school is cancelled on Monday because of voting. The voting is actually on Sunday, but clean up I guess is on Monday. It's a pivotal referendum - a result which will swing power to the president away from the judicial system. A referendum built on the wake of the failed coupe and heavily propagandized. "Vote yes for our nation." The "no" vote has gotten significantly less media time, has been discourage from propagandizing by the police, and has been painted as aligning oneself with those that sought to tear down the country.
I know America and the world are asking why people would vote to give up their power and lots of analysts are trying to figure out the psychology of this - and I'm sure in some ways we could never understand because it's not our culture. Then again, I'm not sure I can understand the stuff going on in my own country.
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