#Authoritarianism

Don Robotham

dondee_don

Despite a huge tradition of slave revolts Jamaica also plagued by authoritarian conservatism. Powerful rebel tradition and punitive and controlling. A paradox? Not really. One reinforces the other locked in

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADDENIALISM—PART III: DENIALISM KILLSUnless we bring our denialism under control, our descent into an authoritarian abyss is bound to continue largely unimpeded.Will we find the courage and wisdom to change

Mark Copelovitch

mcopelov

This chart would be helpful if it provided the reader with any basis for ascertaining whether these LARGE NOMINAL NUMBERS are related to the scale of the problems at hand.

Nick Cohen

NickCohen4

Thread1 Conclusive reply from @anneapplebaum to the “involuntary conservatives”, who say that, although they deplore Trump, they will vote for him because they fear the intolerance of the left morehttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi

Chrissy Stroop

C_Stroop

Republicans have been calling Democrats weak, communists, and godless since forever.How is it that Democratic strategists have, after all this time, failed to learn that “No we’re not!” is extremely

LiyaYu 喻俐雅

LiyaYuBerlin

From a neuropolitical perspective , I agree that potential ‘superhumanization’ of Taiwan can actually lead to cognitive dissociation and apathy (“Taiwan’s so special that we have nothing humanly in common

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

How might the Left overcome self-defeating infighting & endless strategy disputes and instead start building the type of solidarity necessary to win a radically better world?Left Solidarity in a Hostile

Yoni Appelbaum

YAppelbaum

1. A short thread on the executive actions the president signed while I was offline today. I think they’re a very big deal, for reasons that extend beyond their specifics—they

Derek Radney

derekradney

Logging insights I've gleaned on Twitter from others abt the Am. Evangelicalism in which I was raised, of which I am still somewhat a part, for which I am grateful,

Polite But Firm

PoliteButFirm

Favorite Bits of this DystopiaTHREAD I love when general statements denouncing hateful racism cause a hateful racist to out and then victimize themself. I love when a winning political team

Daniel Blinderman

Dannyblinderman

I know coup analysis is getting tedious and repetitive, but there is something just so hollow about this. I can't think of another time when so many people embraced authoritarianism

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

The @CDCMMWR is one of the leading public health journals in the world. Because it is published by the @CDC, the Trump administration thinks it should be able to censor

Robert E Kelly

Robert_E_Kelly

My takeaways so far:A. Trumpism was not vigorously repudiated. Trump is gone, but his toxic ideology of racism, authoritarianism, conspiracy theories, endless grievance, and so on – call it ‘FoxNews-Breitbart-ism’

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

In 1962, the John F. Kennedy administration did something similar. JFK ordered the IRS to investigate the tax exempt status of conservative broadcasters that were criticizing the administration.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/128

Mike Forsythe 傅才德

PekingMike

One reason there hasn’t been a good biography of Xi Jinping is the enormous personal cost. The CCP jealously guards his official story. Attempts to do in-country research on his

Heather e^‑1/x^2

HeatherMoAndCo

#TrudeauCorruption is a troll factory hashtag.The agenda of the political right is upend truth, install authoritarianism, sow division. Malign influence operations have been attacking @JustinTrudeau for over 4 yrs. Fall

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