#Nationalism

While everybody is talking about MLAs being purchased, it's important to talk about those MLAs. "They have a price; they'll sell their own party, ideology, public image, position. All for
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I noticed that most of the comments garnered here, w/ the retweets are dismissive. But perhaps one appreciates how ideas like nationalism develop thru time—at first seeing one's self as
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For sake of argument let's assume no more surprises & Trump leaves Jan 20. He'll be weaker, & much of political press that still thinks in terms of "who's up,
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1/12 While Augustus Invictus' declaration that he's the "new head of the Proud Boys" is likely a prank, it does highlight a fluid relationship between the overtly racist elements of
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Why Trotsky is the best MarxistsThe thread He has cool beard He wears Glasses His grandson still uphold his ideas instead of Dzhugashvili granddaughter who becomes a drag queen He
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Thinking about this has dragged me down an incredible intellectual rabbit hole which may or may not be a sign that I've genuinely lost my mind but I think fascism
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The historical record is clear when it comes to PAP electioneering. In particular, the party has reliably resorted to character assassinations, logical & rhetorical fallacies, & McCarthyite accusations. Shanmugam's double-down
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I've been doing some research for a future book on Anglophobia in Scotland. I thought I'd share some findings. A thread on Anglophobia and its relationship with Scottish nationalism (lower
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Wokeness is a fanatical faith that can’t be beat with nothing, i.e. going to back to liberalism 5 years ago or “common good” weirdness. The transcendent experience of parenthood as
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1/ I've been watching politics for 50 years. Starmer's silence on the transition extension is profoundly abnormal. No opposition party has ever been pushed into tactical silence on a key
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Here is a short thread on what I've learnt about Shreeya Singh, the Yale Fame. She retweeted an article that was initially tweeted out but SAHI. The article almost expresses
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It’s a fair argument. Kenapa nak revive PLKN ketika duit tu boleh diutamakan untuk pulihkan ekonomi? Kenapa nak himpunkan budak2 di satu tempat ketika pandemik? We’re not in a war
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You've heard about the rise of white nationalism over the past few years. But what is it? Where did it originate? How is it connected to antisemitism? What are the
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White men.- We ended slavery.- We gave women the vote.- We fought the Nazis in WW2.- We are being discriminated. - "White privilege" is a racist myth.- "Male privilege" is
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The #globalization of #capitalism alongside the technological revolution has caused the erosion of the concept of sovereignty, the #economic and #cultural entanglement succeeded in marginalizing the concept of the #nation
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What can you say about a party that actively resists its country's changing demographics? Whose policy platform (from Muslim bans to voter suppression) seems to be based solely on its
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