Domantas Undzėnas
@unddom.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Mannheim.
| Political Psychology | (De)radicalisation | Prejudice | Quantitative methods | Machine learning |
Lift heavy things on the side.
| Political Psychology | (De)radicalisation | Prejudice | Quantitative methods | Machine learning |
Lift heavy things on the side.
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Domantas Undzėnas
@unddom.bsky.social
· Sep 16
🚨 New working paper alert! 🚨
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
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Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
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📣 New Social Data Science doctoral track launching in 2026 at our Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS)!
Applications open mid-November 2025.
ℹ️ www.uni-mannheim.de/gess/apply/admission-requirements/for-cdss/
#PhD #DoctoralStudies #DataScience #SocialStudies
Applications open mid-November 2025.
ℹ️ www.uni-mannheim.de/gess/apply/admission-requirements/for-cdss/
#PhD #DoctoralStudies #DataScience #SocialStudies
GESS expands doctoral programme: New track in social data science to start in 2026 |
www.uni-mannheim.de
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📣 New Social Data Science doctoral track launching in 2026 at our Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS)!
Applications open mid-November 2025.
ℹ️ www.uni-mannheim.de/gess/apply/admission-requirements/for-cdss/
#PhD #DoctoralStudies #DataScience #SocialStudies
Applications open mid-November 2025.
ℹ️ www.uni-mannheim.de/gess/apply/admission-requirements/for-cdss/
#PhD #DoctoralStudies #DataScience #SocialStudies
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Happy to share that our paper on the ideological biases of international organizations is now out in the current issue of the AJPS (@ajpseditor.bsky.social):
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
@the-peio.bsky.social @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
@the-peio.bsky.social @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy to share that our paper on the ideological biases of international organizations is now out in the current issue of the AJPS (@ajpseditor.bsky.social):
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
@the-peio.bsky.social @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
@the-peio.bsky.social @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
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BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
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New publication on immigrant attitudes toward immigration in 🇫🇷
We find that European origin immigrants attitudes converge with natives over time, while African and other non-European minorities -who are more discriminated against- stay pro-immigration.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We find that European origin immigrants attitudes converge with natives over time, while African and other non-European minorities -who are more discriminated against- stay pro-immigration.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Immigrants’ attitudes towards immigration: convergence towards majority views or ethnoracial polarization?
After decades of research on attitudes towards immigration among the ethnic majority, scholarly interest has recently shifted to investigate these attitudes among immigrants themselves. Drawing on ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New publication on immigrant attitudes toward immigration in 🇫🇷
We find that European origin immigrants attitudes converge with natives over time, while African and other non-European minorities -who are more discriminated against- stay pro-immigration.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We find that European origin immigrants attitudes converge with natives over time, while African and other non-European minorities -who are more discriminated against- stay pro-immigration.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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Migrant Electoral Rights Dataset (1960-2020)
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
MER Migrant Electoral Rights dataset
Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
hdl.handle.net
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Migrant Electoral Rights Dataset (1960-2020)
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
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For postdocs around, I can't recommend this enough! In just four weeks in Mannheim, I connected to lots of amazing young scholars, presented my research, finished writing up my dissertation and applied for my current job at LSE. MZES organized my stay so smoothly that I couldn't wish for more.
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
September 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
For postdocs around, I can't recommend this enough! In just four weeks in Mannheim, I connected to lots of amazing young scholars, presented my research, finished writing up my dissertation and applied for my current job at LSE. MZES organized my stay so smoothly that I couldn't wish for more.
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🚨 New working paper alert! 🚨
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🚨 New working paper alert! 🚨
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
🚨 New working paper alert! 🚨
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🚨 New working paper alert! 🚨
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
A 🧵:
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New research finds that people “with both high psychopathy and low cognitive ability are the most actively involved in online political engagement”
This is something I’ve observed in many political arguments online and it’s why I try to avoid online debates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is something I’ve observed in many political arguments online and it’s why I try to avoid online debates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation
www.nature.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New research finds that people “with both high psychopathy and low cognitive ability are the most actively involved in online political engagement”
This is something I’ve observed in many political arguments online and it’s why I try to avoid online debates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is something I’ve observed in many political arguments online and it’s why I try to avoid online debates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
In our new publication to @nature.com Humanities & Social Sciences Communications @muhx2.bsky.social and I explore if the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine increased support for European integration among Europeans. The answer is yes!
A short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Entangled fates—the rally effect around Europe due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Entangled fates—the rally effect around Europe due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In our new publication to @nature.com Humanities & Social Sciences Communications @muhx2.bsky.social and I explore if the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine increased support for European integration among Europeans. The answer is yes!
A short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 Excited to see my first solo-authored paper now published in IJPOR! 🚨
Do election outcomes affect participation in post-election surveys? And specifically, do election winners respond more than losers? The short answer: not really.
The slightly longer answer: 🧵👇
academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...
Do election outcomes affect participation in post-election surveys? And specifically, do election winners respond more than losers? The short answer: not really.
The slightly longer answer: 🧵👇
academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...
Survey Nonresponse After Elections: Investigating the Role of Winner-Loser Effects in Panel Attrition
Abstract. When and for whom do election outcomes drive survey nonresponse? This paper investigates whether belonging to the winners or losers of an electio
academic.oup.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨 Excited to see my first solo-authored paper now published in IJPOR! 🚨
Do election outcomes affect participation in post-election surveys? And specifically, do election winners respond more than losers? The short answer: not really.
The slightly longer answer: 🧵👇
academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...
Do election outcomes affect participation in post-election surveys? And specifically, do election winners respond more than losers? The short answer: not really.
The slightly longer answer: 🧵👇
academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...
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New preprint w/ @grahn.bsky.social & @joenoonan.se
What happens when the world's most powerful democracy rolls back core liberal values? 🇺🇸
In this paper, we show how US liberal retrenchment, especially on women’s rights & LGBTQ+ equality, damages US global standing.
📄 doi.org/10.31219/osf...
What happens when the world's most powerful democracy rolls back core liberal values? 🇺🇸
In this paper, we show how US liberal retrenchment, especially on women’s rights & LGBTQ+ equality, damages US global standing.
📄 doi.org/10.31219/osf...
May 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New preprint w/ @grahn.bsky.social & @joenoonan.se
What happens when the world's most powerful democracy rolls back core liberal values? 🇺🇸
In this paper, we show how US liberal retrenchment, especially on women’s rights & LGBTQ+ equality, damages US global standing.
📄 doi.org/10.31219/osf...
What happens when the world's most powerful democracy rolls back core liberal values? 🇺🇸
In this paper, we show how US liberal retrenchment, especially on women’s rights & LGBTQ+ equality, damages US global standing.
📄 doi.org/10.31219/osf...
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A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
May 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
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#RDDers: check it out.
rd2d: Causal Inference in Boundary Discontinuity Designs
"This article introduces the R package rd2d, which implements and extends the...results developed in Cattaneo et al. (2025) for boundary discontinuity designs [like geographic RDDs]"
arxiv.org/abs/2505.07989
rd2d: Causal Inference in Boundary Discontinuity Designs
"This article introduces the R package rd2d, which implements and extends the...results developed in Cattaneo et al. (2025) for boundary discontinuity designs [like geographic RDDs]"
arxiv.org/abs/2505.07989
May 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
#RDDers: check it out.
rd2d: Causal Inference in Boundary Discontinuity Designs
"This article introduces the R package rd2d, which implements and extends the...results developed in Cattaneo et al. (2025) for boundary discontinuity designs [like geographic RDDs]"
arxiv.org/abs/2505.07989
rd2d: Causal Inference in Boundary Discontinuity Designs
"This article introduces the R package rd2d, which implements and extends the...results developed in Cattaneo et al. (2025) for boundary discontinuity designs [like geographic RDDs]"
arxiv.org/abs/2505.07989
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The first paper of my dissertation has been published in West European Politics!
@wepsocial.bsky.social
See the thread below:
@wepsocial.bsky.social
See the thread below:
May 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The first paper of my dissertation has been published in West European Politics!
@wepsocial.bsky.social
See the thread below:
@wepsocial.bsky.social
See the thread below:
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❗ Reminder:
Apply now for a fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim!
📅 Deadline: 26 April
❗ Please note the updated link 😊👇🏻
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
Apply now for a fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim!
📅 Deadline: 26 April
❗ Please note the updated link 😊👇🏻
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
April 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
❗ Reminder:
Apply now for a fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim!
📅 Deadline: 26 April
❗ Please note the updated link 😊👇🏻
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
Apply now for a fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim!
📅 Deadline: 26 April
❗ Please note the updated link 😊👇🏻
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
Last week I had the pleasure to present at the University of Kent Social Psychology Seminar on the Rwanda scheme and racial hierarchies among Britons.
It was also my first time presenting at a pub, great atmosphere and drinks.
Thanks again to @sengupta.bsky.social for inviting me!
It was also my first time presenting at a pub, great atmosphere and drinks.
Thanks again to @sengupta.bsky.social for inviting me!
April 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Last week I had the pleasure to present at the University of Kent Social Psychology Seminar on the Rwanda scheme and racial hierarchies among Britons.
It was also my first time presenting at a pub, great atmosphere and drinks.
Thanks again to @sengupta.bsky.social for inviting me!
It was also my first time presenting at a pub, great atmosphere and drinks.
Thanks again to @sengupta.bsky.social for inviting me!
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In a contribution to @respol.bsky.social, we show that Germans with a Russian or a Turkish migrant background are less in favour of sanctions against Russia. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... @himmelrath.bsky.social @dienerjulius.bsky.social @pluggedchris.bsky.social @dezim-institut.de
March 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
In a contribution to @respol.bsky.social, we show that Germans with a Russian or a Turkish migrant background are less in favour of sanctions against Russia. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... @himmelrath.bsky.social @dienerjulius.bsky.social @pluggedchris.bsky.social @dezim-institut.de
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Out now and open access at @polbehavior.bsky.social! Which factors do Americans use to evaluate episodes of political violence? link.springer.com/article/10.1... (with Kal Munis, @nicolehufman.bsky.social, Arif Memovic, and Jacob Ford) 🧵
When Push Comes to Shove: How Americans Excuse and Condemn Political Violence - Political Behavior
What factors do Americans find most important when evaluating acts of political violence? Normatively, details regarding the violent act (e.g., the target and violence severity) should determine the p...
link.springer.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Out now and open access at @polbehavior.bsky.social! Which factors do Americans use to evaluate episodes of political violence? link.springer.com/article/10.1... (with Kal Munis, @nicolehufman.bsky.social, Arif Memovic, and Jacob Ford) 🧵
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Published Today in PSRM:
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Published Today in PSRM:
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
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No opposition in the legislatures
No opposition in the market
No opposition in the media
No opposition in the streets
“The world’s oldest democracy” 🤷♂️
No opposition in the market
No opposition in the media
No opposition in the streets
“The world’s oldest democracy” 🤷♂️
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
No opposition in the legislatures
No opposition in the market
No opposition in the media
No opposition in the streets
“The world’s oldest democracy” 🤷♂️
No opposition in the market
No opposition in the media
No opposition in the streets
“The world’s oldest democracy” 🤷♂️