#DEMOCRACY

Alexander Hellene ☦️🇬🇷

AHelleneAuthor

Definitions matter!The opposite of “democracy” is not “authoritarianism.”You can have democratic authoritarianism, i.e., you vote for an authoritarian leader, or to give a leader authoritarian powers. Democracy: how leaders are

Richard Haviland

rfhaviland

Democracy isn’t just about casting your ballot, as many would have you believe. Democracy is about constant debate and scrutiny; the right to oppose and to challenge. Democracy is about

Omar Khan

omaromalleykhan

Incredulous to wake up & learn over half of House Republicans voted against democracy *after* the violence of the day The danger is not going away, not just to democracy

Puram

puram_politics

It’s the job of a government to convince people that its policies reflect the will of the people. It’s the job of the opposition to channelise dissatisfied factions of society.I

Alice ❄️🪓🌹

AliceFromQueens

Now that people have calmed down enough to acknowledge that there was no real insurrectionary movement--the main point I've been making--I'll repeat the second point I get yelled at for.1/

Nick Reeves 3.5% #FBPE #ProgressiveAlliance

nickreeves9876

1/ The greatest pride in modern politics is to be a Remainer. We are the true resistance. We had to fight the two main parties, the Brexit press, the BBC,

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

Seems to me that if you found a country that was more about power than democracy, then it’s not shocking when people are so willing to suspend democracy in order

Kyle Becker

kylenabecker

America is God’s greatest miracle among all the nations on Earth. The Earth is God’s greatest miracle in the known universe. What makes this true is each one of us

Jennifer Scheurle

Gaohmee

Today is the first day in this revolution that I don’t feel angry but terrified.I know y’all feel very smart about tweeting how trump can’t delay the elections.Have you in

Democracy Fund

DemocracyFund

Some news: Democracy Fund is no longer using “bipartisan” to describe our work. We are “declaring our independence” and will anchor our work firmly in our values. Our President, @JoeGoldman

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CHERRYINMOTION

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Omar Khan

omaromalleykhan

It's true and worrying that there's a rejection of democracy. There's also a rejection of rights, of liberalism generally. Much of this is motivated and focused on minority rights, esp

Sheena Greitens

SheenaGreitens

Hi @CFTNI, raised this privately & got ignored, so now raising publicly. The "future of US democracy" is not limited to white men in their 50s+. There are excellent women

Zoe Baker

anarchopac

When historic anarchists like Malatesta critique democracy they mean representative democracy or systems of government based on majority rule. They don't mean systems of voluntary decision making based on each

Mangy Jay

magi_jay

Our democracy is at a precipice. We would not have gotten to this point if our nation's history were not riddled w/ actions aimed at undermining citizenship, beginning w/ the

David Bequette

dbequette

At home (US) I’m politically a progressive. But abroad I understand that democracy isn’t something that can be installed or copy & pasted. Democracy doesn’t take into consideration genocidal neighbors

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