#Authoritarian

Lillian Li

lillianmli

So I promised a thread on this from @SamoBurja.What's missing from the tech articles and Western reporting is a mental framework for how governance works (or don't) in the Chinese

Jeet Heer

HeerJeet

1. Almost exactly a year ago Joe Biden said, "With Donald Trump out of the White House—not a joke—you will see an epiphany occur among many of my Republican friends.”

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

"Once an autocrat gets into office, it is very hard to get them out. They will disregard term limits, they will purge the agencies that enforce accountability, they will rewrite

Novara Media

novaramedia

Heading out to #KillTheBill? Essential reading before you go We know police forces around the world share tactics for policing protests, so we asked protesters in seven countries to

Shireen Qudosi

ShireenQudosi

1/ The quarantine is a cultural and political experiment: We're seeing just how quickly the U.S. can be dissolved. #ProtestLockdown https://clarionproject.org/coronavirus-government-overreach-raises-new-us-extremism-alarm/ 2/ If Americans stand d

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

1/20. Democracy is precious and exceptional. 2/20. Democracy is undone from within rather than from without. 3/20. The occasion to undo democracy is often an election. 4/20. The mechanism to

R. Daniel Kelemen

rdanielkelemen

With his corona coup, Orbán abandoned any pretense of being a democratic leader. Given that his electoral autocracy was already secure, why did he risk inflaming tensions with the EU

Tim Carney

TPCarney

On coronavirus origins, a lot of people owe Tom Cotton an apologyhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/on-coronavirus-origins-a-lot-of-people-owe-tom-cotton-an-apology This should be obvious, but I suppose it needs saying: Suggesting that a viru

APPSC IIT Bombay

AppscIITb

Look at the savarna caste arrogance of Prof Seema Singh IIT Kharagpur who is abusing students & parents of Prep English Course (for SC/ST & PD Candidates). She should be

MaryJoanna

MaryJoannaP

Hello lovelies, let's talk about Anarcho-primitivism. Anaprim circles have a big overlap with reactionary, & ecofascist ones.Ecofascists believe that an authoritarian state, should obligate individuals to sacrifice their interests t

David Shimer

davidashimer

0/10 In my book "Rigged," I unearth the history of covert electoral interference, and I argue that the lessons of the past can and must be used to protect our

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

In "The Effect of White Social Prejudice on Support for American Democracy," a pair of political scientists used data from the World Values Survey to analyze the rise of authoritarian,

Staci 🌊🌊🏳️‍🌈

Stacijoi

1. You're not just voting for President.2. You're voting to prevent a 7-2 conservative majority on the Sup Ct. 87 yo Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is single-handedly fighting off all

Greg Sargent

ThePlumLineGS

Let me simplify Trump's new executive order for you:* Having told 16,000 lies, Trump wants to be able to keep lying on Twitter, free of any fact-checking* Trump doesn’t want

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Again. Please listen.Donald Trump isn’t president to help anyone. He’s not interested in saving lives or marshaling resources to fight a pandemic.Donald Trump is president to deal a death blow

Brian Beutler

brianbeutler

All respect to Dan, but the bar for “right” here shouldn’t be set at “Trump attempts procedural coup and fails,” or “Dem landslide buries Trump’s election stealing ambitions.” Both of