#Authoritarian

Thread on why the Ukraine 2014 Euromaidan Revolution is probably going to end up the defining event of the century Starting around the turn of the millennium, a relatively small
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Deep Dive into the Great Reset and the Modern LeftWhat exactly is it and what does it tell us about the left and the real structures of power?And why has
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And now the hearing is live. I'll do a separate thread. Reminder that Jimmy Jordan refused to wear a mask during HJC's last hearing. Nadler to Barr: You have aided
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The Proud Boys, led by Enrique Tarrio, arrested today in DC, have built a bridge between the Alt-Right + the Trump wing of the GOP. While they include men of
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The radical left autonomists and Marxists are spilling out of university humanities departments and into your hometown. They are tinkering with school curriculums, and brainwashing teachers into ‘critical theory’ which
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Normalisation of a repressive regime? Nothing about this govt is normal - think back a few years and compare the amount of the following to today's govt HonestyOpennessIntegritySelflessnessObjectivityAccountabilityLeadership (as in
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Our discussions of events like the atom bomb need to occur at a higher level—namely the understanding that while fire bombings of Dresden & Tokyo, internment, postwar use of forced
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I am attending a Zoom meeting for Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Council. Provost Bob Blouin is going to speak about UNC's re-opening plans. I will try to live tweet some updates.
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Hot off The Conspiracy Mill!US laws & values dictate that "debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust & wide-open." So why are US tech companies restraining political speech &
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h/t to @RhetoricPJ for the heads-up about this interview with Hillsdale College's president about American history, because it's a doozy. Shall we dive in?https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/15/pilgrims-totalitarians-and-babies-a-conv
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Next at the #SpyCopsInquiry, opening statement of Matthew Ryder QC speaking for Core Participants represented by Mike Schwarz, Simon Creighton, Tamsin Allen & Jules Carey - ie majority of spied-on
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In practice, the real alternative to cancel culture is usually know-your-place culture for the masses. Civil-debate-culture is not an actual option. It’s what elites get to enjoy when the masses
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#BREAKING Polls are set to open in 48 hours across the US as the authoritarian regime of Donald Trump attempts to consolidate its hold over the troubled, oil-rich, nuclear-armed, north
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1/ What's so unsettling about happened on Wednesday is it marks the beginning of a new cycle of violence, & not the end. This is the physical manifestation of @johnrobb's
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Congratulations to a lot of good reporters at the Intercept, who have been unfairly tainted by Glenn Greenwald simply making shit up with impunity for too long. Reminder that the
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I cannot believe what I’m reading. In 1967 an incredible 96.9% of all children born outside of marriage in Ireland were put up for adoption, a horrifying statistic only possible
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