#Democracies

Bazaari (in training)

SuspiciousPleb

The ability of flipping off ones President or PM without being charged, or voting in elections doesn’t imply the state of political agency plebs have.Political systems are far more complex

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

Today's election is a referendum on Trump's "American First" policy.When @JoeBiden wins (yep, I'm calling it now), how much will US foreign policy truly change?Let's break it down.[THREAD] There is

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1. Orwell’s 1984 opens with Winston Smith writing in his diary about a film he’s seen. “One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in

Errick Nunnally

erricknunnally

I'm not sure what, in particular, dragged this thought across my mind this morning. I suspect it's the low boil of disgust at the "bootstrap" mentality--especially when it's targeted at

Andrew Small

ajwsmall

A quick thread on the Macron remarks on teaming up with the US on China - and his remarks on China more generally at the @AtlanticCouncil yesterday 1/12https://twitter.com/AtlanticCouncil/status/1357408475899387911 On the

Lyall Taylor

LT3000Lyall

A lot of people are confused about China's economic model. Is it socialist/communist or capitalist? The answer is that it is a hybrid that doesn't comport easily with the simplistic

Helen Pluckrose

HPluckrose

Caroline is speaking of colour-blindness and she is correct that this is how Social Justice critics of it see it. I really need to write an essay on the misconception

Vlora Çitaku 😷

vloracitaku

Thirteen Years a CountryIt was a cold February and I had a secret.I distinctly remember that cold February day. All of us remember it. It was frigid, but the heat

Dan Hatter

HatterDan

There's a lot of talk on twitter about our electoral system at the moment and how representative it is of people's votes. This got me thinking what would the results

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

How did I change (or not) the content in my Intro to International Relations course during the 4 years of Trump? [THREAD] This thread is my way of answering @dhnexon's

J Michael Waller

JMichaelWaller

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave an extraordinary policy speech of historic proportions on China. It was not just words. @SecPompeo enunciated an integrated US strategy to stop the Chinese

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

Yet Another Major Escalation In Establishment Internet Censorship"YouTube, whose corporate owner Google is arguably the most powerful company on earth, is now deleting user videos which claim the US election

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

1. Yes, @FareedZakaria's new book, Ten lessons From a Post-Pandemic World argues we don't need a big or small gov- we need a GOOD one. We don't have that now

John Hayward

Doc_0

When you see a group of politicians as frantic to criminalize all challenges to their legitimacy as the Biden Democrats, you can bet they're planning to massively abuse their power.

Tara Ross

TaraRoss

I’m not big on Tweetstorms, but I suppose if I am ever going to do one, now is the time. For those who don’t know me: I am the author

Samuel Tadros

Samueltadros

Yesterday’s attack on the Capitol building was beyond troubling. Thought I probably have little to add to what million of others have already written, I feel the need to express

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