#Authoritarian

Sam Ashworth-Hayes

SAshworthHayes

I can't work out if the most remarkable thing about this is the nakedly authoritarian tone, the background assumption that it will be accepted as totally normal by the left,

The UK in a Changing Europe

UKandEU

Earlier this week, we released our NEW #Mindthevaluesgap report on social and economic values in politics by @ProfTimBale @philipjcowley @DrAlanWager @anandMenon1 and @Aron_Cheung.For this week's #Thursdaythread, we share some highlight

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

I hereby dub 2020 The Year of the Illusion of Control.

Andrew Stroehlein

astroehlein

At least one part of the EU has finally realised it's impossible to work with the abusive regime in Hungary... You can't cooperate with a member state where rule of

Gwen Snyder is uncivil

gwensnyderPHL

Trying to frame Trump's crusade against the election results as either a con or a coup, one or the other, is a continuation of the same error in logic liberals

Sasha de Vogel

sashadevo

No one in Belarus should be reacting to Lukashenko's promise of new elections once the constitution is redrafted as if it's good news. \threadhttps://www.rbc.ru/politics/17/08/2020/5f3a8ace9a794758d50b1923?from=from_main_1 Reformin

Alex Dukalskis

AlexDukalskis

Military rule is back in Myanmar.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/world/asia/myanmar-coup-aung-san-suu-kyi.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage "All authority has been given to the top army commander and a o

Lars Maischak

LMaischak

1) The Pledge of Allegiance (Führereid)2) God-talk in political speeches (Vorsehung)3) Gyms (Hitler Youth cult of strength)4) Detachment Parenting (literally invented by Nazis)5) The Interstate Highway System (Autobahn)6) Policing (Gestapo

Chloé Benoist

chloejbenoist

If I may, from a French perspective, rain on an American parade that is still waiting for the final count: The danger has not disappeared with Biden (presumptively) becoming president:

Yinon Weiss

yinonw

1/ BREAKING: The only real world covid mask study was just published in Annals of Internal Medicine concluding the infection rate of mask vs no mask "was not statistically significant".

Jayne ◈ 熊张杰

jayne_xiong

I really hate the recent conflation of industry predators with “problematic art”. Predators groom using whatever tools they have on hand. These men groomed vulnerable young kids with their fame

Andrew Bostom, MD, MS

andrewbostom

1/ “Covid-19: Social murder, they wrote": “medical professionals allow(ed) themselves to be manipulated by corrupt politicians & influenced by media propaganda instead of being guided by their own ethical principles

Michael Fletcher

mefletcher54

The word of one former KGB spy doesn't move the needle or add much to the story. It's been pretty obvious for a long time that Trump was significantly compromised

Peter Sachs Collopy

collopy

A lot of the history of social movements can be told through appropriation of tactics from egalitarian to authoritarian movements. Street protest, building occupations, denial of service attacks. We might

¡patria o muerte, venceremos!

blkbolshevik

the cuban rev started b/c a mix of extreme poverty and brutal conditions, among other things. the annual salary of the average cuban was $91.25. 11% of cubans drank milk, 4%

Sofya Anisimova

SofyaDAnisimova

Russian State Duma is trying to pass the law that will severely limit the interaction between Russian and international researchers and curtail opportunities for scholars to share their work with

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