#Authoritarian

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Truth2Upeople

Who are the Uyghur "activists"? A thread. Erkin Alptekin, son of Isa Alptekin pic2 a Pan-Turkic nationalist and ex-KMT official, fled XJ in 1949; grew up in Kashmir and Turkey.

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADHOW WE GOT HERE: PART II—DEEP-SEATED DENIALISM AND CLASSISMThis thread contains excerpts from Part II of “How We Got Here.” This part addresses our country’s denialism in the face of

Jesse Heinig

JesseHeinig

What would a cyberpunk story look like when you start cleaning out problematic things like racism and transphobia? Let's investigate.(A thread)1/ Cyberpunk's root words are: "cyber," which really refers to

😃 unspinthespin 😃

unspinthespin

1/ "The pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and AstraZeneca – both involved in the development of coronavirus vaccines – employed a total 123 party loyalists"Still wanna take that experimental vaccine? If you

Winter Oak

WinterOakPress

Thread1/21We badly need a new vocabulary to describe what is going on in the world today. Under cover of Covid-19, a long-prepared and widely-orchestrated attempt is being made to enslave

Robert H Frank

econnaturalist

Compelling opening presentations by House impeachment managers followed by inept responses from Trump defense lawyers moved Louisiana Sen Bill Cassidy to join five Republican colleagues in voting that the trial

陰陳俊傑 Carl Tan Chun Kiet

tanchunkiet

2020 has been a crazy year for me, ofc, I started being really active on Twitter, realized I was bi, and even chut pooled with someone I met on here, but

The Warning Bell 🧨

Lynette30067504

IS THIS THE END OF DEMOCRACY? Before leaders assert authoritarian rule, they: create a crisis demonize opponents declare a state of emergency undermine elections make the rule of law irrelevanthttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09

Josh | 김은총

JoshC0301

I dont share my writing as much as others on this site, but here are my favorite 7 articles I wrote this year:I debunked the media narrative of China deliberately

M Lebon

LongTplexTrader

So..had a great conversation last night with older investment types, old friends whom I traded with/against and managed money against or for. Age diff from me is > 10+ years

The Mission is Great

missionisgreat

“I’ve spent more time in private meetings with Xi Jinping than any world leader. I have 25 hours of private dinners with him, just he and I, and one interpreter.”

Bri | @DC Comics: Cass Cain Deserves Better

wordsandsense

Some people have said they think it's "tasteless" for people to compare real-life events with those portrayed in fictional media, but I think people should remember that the narratives people

Sheila O'Malley

sheilakathleen

One of the best parts about writing about THE GREAT ESCAPE for @Criterion was doing a deep dive into John Sturges' work. Beyond the most well-known titles.https://twitter.com/CriterionDaily/status/1345783038815436803 I highly recommend

Andrew

WeirwoodRaven

Images of anonymously uniformed federal agents arresting protestors in Portland feels like fascism. We are witnessing the ground level of something terrible.It reminds me of a deeply disturbing book called

OneGuyWithFreeTime

OneGuyWithFree1

On Monarchy, a thread;Monarchy- one of the most lambasted and caricatured forms of government. Ask a liberal or your run-of-the-mill socialist or even an anarchist, they will say that the

Lancaster Stands Up

lancstandsup

Four years ago we woke up to a chilling new reality. We didn't know where to turn or what to do. Our institutions had failed to stop the worst from

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