#TYRANNY

Tom London

TomLondon6

Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppressionBut in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy. People will come to

Robert H Frank

econnaturalist

The observations in the tweet below suggest another question: Why would the sacrifices necessary to make progress against both future pandemics and the climate crisis be much less painful than

Sam Parker 🇺🇲

SamParkerSenate

***Short thread on how to deal w/John Roberts's SCOTUS tyranny***1. Many know Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the doctrine of Judicial Review. Almost no non-lawyers know that the 2nd case

Carol Ann Brand

BrandcaAnn

From: Chartwell House Group: (And I quote):The DMA states that during the full term of the emergency/disaster, the minister of COGTA carries the ultimate authority. This effectively means that during

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

To recap, while I agree with @repadamschiff that the bribery case against Trump is the strongest because bribery is specifically mentioned in the Constitution as grounds for impeachment, there are

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

My friend @chappie_cat inspired me to write this thread. We can have two outlooks. 1. The world is crappy and full of crappy people. 2. The world isn’t crappy and

Muعad.

Sultaan_Mo1

Genghis Khan & The Mongols •Thread• [1/4]- None have seen the likes of the Mongols in history. Their brutality, viciousness and the size of their armies were unmatched. ~ The

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych

Nick_Carmody

The Trump/Bill Barr/GOP response to the black lives matter protests/movement highlights not just the “slouching towards authoritarianism”, but the acceleration of the pace of authoritarianism into a full-blown sprint…1/https://twitter

Anne Applebaum

anneapplebaum

Why are so many senior Republicans going along with this farce? Why are so many of their friends in the media enabling this assault on democracy? I've tried twice to

Tom Whitty

twhittyer

Things have been bad, but America is headed for an incredible disaster. Have a look at this graph. And here are the associated deaths. Both still rising. Despite this, more

visa is almost done ✍🏾📖

visakanv

wife and I were talking about [controversial topic] recently and trying to figure out how we feel about it – and I found myself saying, it's important that we distinguish

The Responder 🇺🇸

JustOneVoice4

THE 2nd AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION.IS “WE THE PEOPLES” GUARDIAN OF EVERY CIVIL LIBERTY & CIVIL RIGHT WE AS AMERICANS ENJOY AS CITIZENS, OUR SOLE PROTECTION FROM EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE

Dead Ferrets

Deadferrets

Ok, so on the 24th of April 2021, I attended the anti-vaccine passport/anti-lockdown protest in London. I was there because I am very concerned with governmental and police over-reach into our

Ayesha Ray

DrAyeshaRay

Since 2019, India has been the center of regular protests that are a response to authoritarian and extreme measures legislated by the Modi government. The rise of majoritarian nationalism is

David Atkins

DavidOAtkins

Democrats don't go scorched earth on Republicans the way Republicans do against Democrats because Democrats want to believe there will still be a negotiating partner when the "crazies" are gone.They

Aren R. LeBrun

proustmalone

A lot of talk on here about the “end of democracy” in America. I’m confused as to when the beginning of it was. The framers abhorred democracy and saw it