#Authoritarianism

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

"racists remained motivated by racist fears"https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1324391577570168835 It's always crazy-making that so much time is spent explaining *why* people voted for Trump, as if the reasons are novel or e

Vincent Wong

InitialVW

This is probably pretty overdue but I do think that personally I am pretty close to disavowing the HK pro-democracy movement if the majority has no critique or condemnation for

PeterSweden

PeterSweden7

THREAD - My thoughts on what happened at the Capitol.Please read EVERYTHING before commenting. The violence we saw was unacceptable and must be fully condemned. It has no place in

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metaLulie

reading The Last Psychiatrist on narcissism and it’s 100% gaslightingevery sentence is designed to break down the reader's self-trust look at this cheap parlor trickhe 'catches you out' because you're

Adam Coogle

cooglea

#SaudiArabia will host the virtual #G20 summit from Nov 21-22, bringing together leaders of the worlds largest 19 economies + the EU to discuss global issues. Here's a thread

Apolitical Academy Global

ApoliticalAcadG

From outrage, sadness to action: 10 things you can do to help revitalize democracy (1/10) Subscribe and listen to the “How to Citizen” podcast by the incredible @baratunde -https://baratunde.com/howtocitizen (2/10)

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

A little experiment explaining how scientists, doctors and academics have learned not to speak out the truth.It all starts with 5 monkeys... 1/n The Five Monkeys Experiment"An experimenter puts 5

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boriquagato

imagine being so epidemiologically illiterate as to believe mitigation efforts would or could have been materially effective while so arrogant as to invert the morality of inflicting vast harm on

Patpicha Best

patpichatan

Thousands of Thai protestors hold up a three-finger salute as a symbol of resistance against authoritarianism in a rally at the symbolic Democracy Monument in Bangkok. #WhatsHappeningInThailand #ขีดเส้นตายไล่เผ

Dr. Jason Johnson

DrJasonJohnson

"He/She/They are better than the terrible person Trump had in the position before" is NOT a rationale for being complacent about any cabinet picks by in the incoming Biden administration.

John Hayward

Doc_0

I can't believe anyone who has been paying the slightest attention would be surprised by thorough Chinese Communist penetration of the Democrat Party. Of course, a hell of a lot

Dr. Sherrill Stroschein

sstroschein2

This discussion on @anneapplebaum's book Twilight of Democracy included some important and interesting insights on the changing nature of conservatism. How did we go from the vision of a 1999

Elliot Olds

elliot_olds

1/ My new essay on the long run effect of tech progress on the distribution of power: https://elliotolds.com/technologyandpowerIs the West on an inevitable path toward Chinese-style authoritarianism? Or can the

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TellYourSonThis

A masculine son and a feminine daughter are the evidence of a competent father.Should the son prove timid, or the daughter prove arrogant - he failed.Having a masculine father in

Iskander Rehman

IskanderRehman

A few words on this much-discussed (but IMHO problematic) piece in FP. First of all, I share some of the author's frustration. Trotting out the same passages of Thucydides when

Greg Ip

greg_ip

1/ China beat the U.S. in 2020 because its authoritarian, centralized system better met the challenge of Covid and economic conflict than the U.S.' pluralistic, decentralized system. Will China keep

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