#Authoritarianism

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

0/25. Lying about disease kills us and our democracy. Quotations from "Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary," published this week. #OurMalady 1/25. "In January, (the federal government)

Adrian Yalland

AdrianYalland

I have recently had an influx of new followers. Thank you - I’m honoured (you must all be VERY bored to follow me). Many seem to be radical feminists and

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

0/24. Lying about disease kills us and our democracy. Quotations from "Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary," published this week. #OurMalady 1/24. "In January, (the federal government)

Pap Szilárd István

istvan_szilard

What many people in the #EU do not understand about #Orban's #veto of the #MFF & #NextGenerationEU. THREAD1. This is not a simple bluff. Yes, Orbán needs the EU funds

Andrew Stroehlein

astroehlein

The authoritarian governments of Hungary & Poland have blocked the EU's €1.82 trillion budget & Covid recovery package because their ruling parties refuse to respect rule of law. This is

Feluda ফেলুদা

DetectiveBilla

Thread-MH episode: Apolitical fool’s observations.1)Media:4th pillar of democracy, is playing it‘s role very well.Antonio Gramsci, neo-Marxist giant, claimed that in a state where well developed media, pressure groups exist, communist

Lars Erik Berntzen

BerntzenLE

Does bitter conflict between political elites result in increased polarization at the mass level? This is what I investigate in study. In short, the answer is YES. 1/https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/2919 Stu

David Frum

davidfrum

In February 1981, pro-Franco army officers attacked the Spanish Parliament hoping to halt Spain's evolution toward democracy and liberalism. 1/x The coup was soon suppressed, in large part because of

Reed Howard

ReedHowardVA

This is a good question essential to understanding the dynamics of the 2020 election.#BidenRepublicans saw this as an election between Biden's decency vs. Trump's racism & authoritarianism. They read the

Jennifer Bendery

jbendery

Good day! Not sure if you have noticed, but what's happening right in front of our faces is nearly the entire Republican Party trying to delegitimize this election and

John Polga-Hecimovich

jpolga

An election day thought:Sadly, I have never been so conscious of comparative political scientists so explicitly studying and worrying about the state of US democracy. In 2014, @drsltaylor, @laderafrutal, and

ElizaPetch

ElizaPetch

A summary of the Owen Jones interview with Judith Butler for those who can’t stand to watch.OJ’s questions are designed to elicit from Butler the sort of statements a self

abbey steele

abbey_st

Thanks to my friend and colleague @hakhverdian for helping me talk through these ongoing developments in the US.https://twitter.com/hakhverdian/status/1348989829095301127 for those interested, here are some of the pieces i referred to

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

1. Also, although Biden hasn't talked about this much, your vote will decide whether America continues as a democracy or becomes some type of authoritarian state w Trump at the

T.K. of AAK!

AskAKorean

A thread on Park Won-soon, the deceased Seoul mayor.There are lots of easy takes available about his death following allegations of sexual harassment, especially in connection with other S Korean

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Writagal

I want to talk about this, today.It’s really been bothering me & I’m going to try to articulate why.I think what it comes down to, ultimately, is the ripple effect.I

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