#Authoritarian

A major survey report from Harvard was just released, finding that satisfaction among Chinese citizens with all levels of gov have steadily increased from 2003-2016. The survey up-ends numerous myths
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(Thread) The Future of the GOP: Part IThe GOP is on a collision course with time.Its base of voters is aging and shrinking. The GOP has become a white grievance
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The current split we’re seeing in the Republican Party is not a sudden split of ‘consciousness’ or ‘doing what’s right’, but rather a split between two factions of their billionaire
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Like most countries, NZ's plan was to gradually tighten controls as virus gained momentum. Then doctors saw WHO's Feb China report & said “we should do it in the reverse
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Thread: Trump and HitlerTrump and Hitler were malignant narcissists, devoid of empathy, suffering from paranoia and delusions of grandeur.Trump and Hitler had strict authoritarian fathers.Trump and Hitler were deeply affected
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This 2015 LRB letter contains one of the most convincing counterarguments to Mair's "ruling the void" thesis - the civil society crisis is real, yes, but asymmetrically, not quite for
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I’m super excited to announce some HUGE professional news:I have joined the Biden/Harris administration as Director of the Radical Left Agenda and will be leading the transition to a Radical
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After 4 years of a belligerent racist, sexist, authoritarian President - supported by millions, what lessons can we on the Left draw?And how do we continue to organize for the
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Thread: With Gulf crisis apparently ending I wonder what happens to those groups and influence peddling operations that were operationalized over the last three years to spread stories based on
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NEW: Trump spent four years demolishing America's historic legacy of anti-corruption leadership. Here's what the Biden administration can, and should, do to restore America's anti-kleptocracy bona fides:https://newrepublic.com/a
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The latest attempt to smear #Churchill again, esp. with responsibility for the #Bengal Famine, is ironically Euro-centric. This smear strips Indians, Bengalis, and Japanese of agency, and perpetuates ignorance of
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(thread) How California Turned Blue Alternate title: California shows the wayCalifornia used to be Republican. We gave the nation Nixon and Reagan.Republican candidates won CA in every presidential election between
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I've found that if you dig for original sources of many beliefs in computer science and the tech industry you find some total BS "paper" that was really just a
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1. In honor of Lyndon LaRouche's passing, I want to recommend this excellent podcast on the history of the concept of "cultural marxism." Why LaRouche? Cause it was a LaRouche-ite
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October 31, 2020, 7:45 p.m.USA and Donald Trump:Deselect!..Donald Trump has done inestimable damage to democracy and the US-built world order in four years. Now the Americans decide - and they
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People really need to understand the dangers of country-to-country comparisons without understanding the biases and counfounding - and simply pointing to X is doing better than Y. While regional strategies
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