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Bart Barber
bartbarber
Yesterday @toddstarnes retweeted one tweet out of a thread of mine. The thread was an ANTI-totalitarian thread making a point AGAINST totalitarianism. But it was a thread, and the single
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John Hayward
Doc_0
The myth of benevolent totalitarianism is pernicious and incredibly dangerous. Totalitarianism, the politicization of everything, NEVER ends well - no matter how benevolent and high-minded the totalitarians claim to be.
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Laura Robinson
LauraRbnsn
When I reflect on the fading of liberal arts from public life, one element that stands out the most in the last four years is the widespread inability to tell
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Wolf Tivy
wolftivy
The optimistic reading of my techno-totalitarianism thesis is that we may get a sort of highly functional star trek future where everyone has a useful and dignified, if not voluntary,
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Madeleine L'Engle
MadeleineLEngle
Thread: Many people think that Camazotz in #wrinkleintime is an allegory for soviet-style communism. This is not the case. While Madeleine L'Engle was convinced that any *ism* leads to dehumanizing
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Charlotte Jones Voiklis, PhD
charlottejv
THREADMany people think that Camazotz in #wrinkleintime is an allegory for soviet-style communism. This is not the case. While @MadeleineLEngle was convinced that any *ism* leads to dehumanizing generalities, she
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♀️ Sal Robins🟥#IStandWithJKR ♀️
Sal_Robins
The answer is to make the public know. Speak to everyone you know about this. It’s a difficult conversation to begin with. I know, I’ve been there! But it’s the
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Dr EM
PankhurstEM
I'm interested in how ideologies spread & get established, who pushes them, what do they have in common, why will people die for certain ideas. No regimes came in overnight.
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Rabbi Reuvane
RabbiReuvane
Totalitarianism & Shabbat [Thread]:The world has suffered the emergence of >1 totalitarian state/society in modern history, & continues to face groups/states w/ totalitarian tendencies. Whether in fascist, communist, or religious
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John Hayward
Doc_0
The cult of scientism is just the latest incarnation of totalitarianism, which remains appealing despite everyone being at least vaguely aware that it's repugnant and dangerous. The key to totalitarianism's
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Stephen Wigmore
stephen_wigmore
He didn't just support the Iraq War, he relished it, applauded it, wrote books defending it.He seemed to fantasise about fighting and killing, describing his "exhilaration" after 9/11 and "Osama
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Lia
LiaSae
[CW: corona, covid, the plague, yada yada]This piece makes decent points - and might help you understand the Swedish approach - but it’s also so very, very ripe with issues.https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/no-lockdown-please-w-re-swedish
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mishi ☾ check rts.
_cmaHeal
something irks me with how someone’s only connection or relation or empathy to someone else’s trauma is through a fictional realm,particularly in an online environment. things in fiction can be
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Sohrab Ahmari
SohrabAhmari
Remember when four CNN journos reported that Comey was about to testify that he didn’t assure Trump that he wasn’t under investigation?That didn’t happen. CNN retracted with egg on its
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Dr. Jane Clare Jones
janeclarejones
They're not cool.They're a protocol for people to impose their own self image on others, dictate to people what they are to perceive, and then have a tantrum when they
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Palley
stephendpalley
I’m sorry but requiring people to carry health certificates and proof of viral immunity for safety/security is un-American, a slippery slope towards totalitarianism, and a great way to trade freedom
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