#Democracies

James Landale

BBCJLandale

To some, the US elections have been a great exercise in democracy. Millions turning out in record numbers, passionate views genuinely held, an accurate reflection of opinion in the oldest

Amanda ✋🏼💙#ForensicFarLeft

AP_Doramaqueen

Given the #Elections2020 result, its safe to say the same dynamics are in play in Trump's America, that caused Brexit in the UK; it's not surprising, given both the

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suzania

Ok this is Harry Potter metaphor level cheeseball but this was something to be proud of. I have debates in my head: "But probably at least some of the people

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

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

(1/14) This election proves the need for a right to vote (2/14) America needs an absolute right to vote, like most other major democracies. (3/14) One legacy of slavery is

Brian Tamuka Kagoro

TamukaKagoro77

#AfricanLivesMatter My Leadership began to improve when I threw away best-selling books from America that suggested a success that was racially blind and gender-blind ...and yet recognised all other forms

Sari Arho Havrén

SariArhoHavren

Thread: The proposal for the EU-US Transatlantic agenda for global change was published today. A few observations: 1) strong emphasis on common values; on transatlantic relationship being the core; and

Reed Wommack

ReedWommack

This week I wrote a newsletter about how studying Bitcoin teaches people about voluntaryism and leads to their de-politicization.A thread People claim that Bitcoin is for everyone, democrats, republicans, and

Baldaccio d'Anghiari

Autiauto

THREAD on Strauss’ Epilogue: I promised awhile ago a thread on why one should read Leo Strauss. I’ll probably make a more general thread on that, but 1st, here is

Jennifer Gumbel

jgumbel

Part of what I studied in undergrad was comparative politics and developing democracies. And we're stuck with two parties. True multi-party systems are not winner take all. The political leader

Maureen Fitzsimmons

mojos55

The London Economics #BMJ lashes out at #UK ‘state corruption’ and ‘suppression of science’The highly-respected medical journal hit out at the "politicisation of science" in an article lashing out at

Jonathan AC Brown

JonathanACBrown

The Policy Exchange definition of Islamism is laughable; if you inserted 'Conservative' in the place of 'Islam' you'd get the definition of a normal political outlook, and if you inserted

Sean Spoonts

sean_spoonts

After four years of the Dems screaming that Trump was the "illegitimate" "worse than Hitler" "Dictator" who "Destroyed Democracy," whom they #NotMyPresident, and #Resistance, who used the FBI to try

Alex Jacobs

AlexJacobs16

Biden's foreign policy, in his own words.Framed as the fight between democracy & autocracy, which "will define our future".Tackling corruption & dirty money plays a central role. A new dawn!

Alexander Baunov

baunov

THREAD 1/6 The Belarusians recognize that their dictatorship predates Russian President Vladimir Putin, and do not try to explain it as something imported from Russia. This makes the Belarusian protests

Sohrab Haider

SohrabHaider7

THREAD ON BALOCHISTAN CRISIS #Balochistan is too serious a problem to get tackled by rhetoric. What has been happening here is simply genocide. There needs to be an ‘effective intervention’

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