#Authoritarianism

Yes, You're Racist

YesYoureRacist

Thread on the end of #TheMandalorian Chapter 14 and what it says about the restoration of liberal democracy under the New Republic (no major plot spoilers, but you should

Ken Arneson

kenarneson

If you hold the view of human nature that everybody is selfish all the time--which is the Trumpian view of human nature--then what logically follows is that "ethics" is for

PerpetuallyCaffeinated (COMMISSIONS PENDING)

PerpetuallyC

Never gonna get over how conflicted the FO and old ex-Imperial officers would be about Hux, and the optics of having him as the head of the military. Im like

Max Burns

themaxburns

Let the silence of George W. Bush, Jeb Bush and the entire Bush clan finally close the book on the fantasy that the Bushes possess even a drop of genuine

Jennifer Mercieca

jenmercieca

Edward Bernays, 1936 speech on propaganda:democracy, as a system of government & way of life, requires propaganda to sustain itself. People have to be reminded of what democracy matters, or

Roland Freudenstein

RoFreudenstein

Monsieur Araud. There is a question I’ve been meaning to ask you (and, admittedly, many other French people) for a long time. What exactly do you mean by ‘geopolitical constraints’?

Rick Wilson

TheRickWilson

1/ The most destructive, vile, corrupt man ever to darken America’s presidency has left the White House for the last time. He has disgraced himself, the office, his oath, and

Marco Rogers

polotek

Bingo.https://twitter.com/alicegoldfuss/status/1286023079815077889 I hope white people are seeing this for what it is. The administration is testing the waters for whether it's okay to clamp down on white people in the

ClearingTheFog

clearing_fog

These overly-simplified takes are driving me crazy.This is not directed at Mr. Shaub, whom I have a great deal of respect for, but at the underlying data and news outlets.This

Jake Lucas, the one and onlyfans

jakealucas

I'm excited to vote for Biden. I know, it sounds like sacrilege to my fellow leftists, but my reasoning is pretty simple. 1) Trump and the rising tide of white

Andrew Stroehlein

astroehlein

Authoritarian brutality will not save us. Dictatorship only deepens society's problems. Yet the myth of authoritarian efficiency persists. People keep falling for it. https://europeanmoments.com/opinions/eupinions Dictatorships are not

Geoff Aung

Rgnhardliner

As the coup proceeds: one of the sort of interesting, even promising, things I've seen is that we're hearing some different voices than usual - @the_ayeminthant @ThawWinnie @Aung_Kaung_Myat @yanoak e.g.

Mike Amezcua

DrMikeAmezcua

1/7 Maybe you too were left wanting more after watching Aaron Sorkin’s Netflix film “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Latinx History was happening all around it as local communities

Suzanne 🦨

SRummlie

So let me get this straight, the group setting itself up as being the only ones capable of making independence happen think inclusivity involves... 1. Telling women to shut up

Kanekoa

KanekoaTheGreat

SEN. LANKFORD: December 2016, a poll said 32% of Americans believed that the Russians had influenced the outcome of the election. Based on that belief, we spent millions investigating it,

Sarah Kendzior

sarahkendzior

Yes my warnings about authoritarianism all came true -- but NONE of this was hard to predict.You should ask why so many people with power lied about what was right

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