#Authoritarianism

Deen Freelon

dfreelon

I'm no scholar of authoritarianism, but what happened today didn't look like a coup to me. I don't think their goal was to overturn the election. I saw something more

Brian Beutler

brianbeutler

This thread is sorta fatally undermined by the telling omission of race as a factor in the formation of the conservative movement, but I think it's narrowly right in its

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

1/10. Cruz et al do not allege fraud, they allege allegations of fraud. 2/10. When there are false allegations of fraud, a serious public servant tells the truth. 3/10. Elections

Joe

PhonesAkimbo

This got me thinking about how people can be controlled when they care about issues so much that they will say and do *anything* to support them. If it wasn't

Colin Wright

SwipeWright

1/ It should be obvious that when someone has accumulated many thousands of followers, some percentage of them are ALWAYS going to be really shitty people.When they inevitably rear their

Wing Kuang

wing_kuang

Hi western China watchers, I’m here to explain why it’s important to subscribe quality Chinese-language news outlets, even if you might not understand the language (lol). /1 Firstly, yes China

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

If the lesson you draw from the history of far right authoritarianism is that being nicer and more accommodating to fascists makes them less likely to do harm, then you’re

David Roberts

drvolts

But that's the wrong way to think about it. The nationalism, anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, resentment, cruelty, & lust for authoritarianism did not, at some point, displace conservatism. They are simply what

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

SENDING OUT AN S.O.S.: As we fight an unseen enemy—the intentional destruction of truth—I turn to Dr. Joseph Pierre (@psychunseen) for his sage advice on thwarting an authoritarian takeover. Dr.

David Bergman

TheDavidBergman

1. Bangladesh media is in a serious conundrum. Lets put to one side the pro-Awami League/government media who would anyway not touch Al Jazeera's programme for ideological reasons. 2. The

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

Capitalism will always necessarily lead to authoritarianism, because cutthroat dominators will always be the ones to rise to the top of any capitalist system. There's this notion that those who

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Biden will probably win Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, but the TV trained us to believe politics are a TV show and the TV President was in the lead when the

gathara

gathara

#BREAKING Guests begin to arrive at US parliament building, scene of failed Day of Pigs putsch, for traditional oathing ceremony to install aging, moderate white millionaire, Joe Biden, as ruler

Kevin Gannon misses Grogu

TheTattooedProf

For all you centrists who are urging Biden to appoint Republicans to his cabinet, let me ask you: how did that work out for Obama? And don't go "Team of

Joe Biden Hates Black People

nikoCSFB

Neoliberals have become so full of themselves that they literally take words that have meant one thing for generations and make up a new definition so that the word still

Julia Ioffe

juliaioffe

This is why the "calm down and let the process play out," "this is not who we are," "the institutions will save us," is so dangerous, arrogant, and stupid. It

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