#Authoritarian

As a psychologist and a student of how people get their news and form their views, I wanted to take a few tweets to respond to this common question in
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The core issue of statements like "taxation is theft" is that they view market income as natural and deserved, while other income is not. This of course presumes a state
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There's a powerful, powerful instinct for people to form their political opinions starting with emotion. One that I've recently observed is understandable, but truly pernicious—"How can I best interpret the
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Figured I'd reply to this. Will be brief. Basically, on the mortality point, granted, though I don't know what we do with that besides pursuing different quarantine strategies for old
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Some thoughts on 'activist lawyer'ing from a young academic lawyer: a thread The law is not a concrete rule-book. The law is not a line to be towed thoughtlessly. The
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As a latina with parents from Nicaragua, I can honestly say that their current government is absolutely still authoritarian. It saddens me that the Nicaraguan people were successfully able to
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Look carefully at what Twitter is saying to justify censoring the Biden story. If applied consistently, it’d mean that some of history’s most consequential journalism — the Pentagon Papers, WikiLeaks’
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A US president praises authoritarian leaders & openly supports their efforts to crush a free press. Years ago, when @nytimes reporters in China were threatened w/ expulsion, the Obama White
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1) Why so little focus on China's more than impressive community response to #COVID19 in the English-speaking media? Multiple reasons, but here's a few thoughts as to why this might
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I want to say something that will probably piss off some mutuals. Please bear with me to the end. I want to explain what "Antifa" really means but I want
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1/9Thomas Jefferson called his election the “Revolution of 1800.” Jefferson’s victory marked the first time that power in America passed from one party to another. Despite the use of the
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Tweets like this have begun to make their rounds on Indian diaspora networks. Understand that this is a deeply manipulative narrative, claiming spectacle and religious debasement in order to divert
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Well if twitter says so! I'mma get all my politics out of the system now, so I don't 'alienate my followers' (lol) and can rest knowing that I did everything
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Yesterday I mentioned an O-3 who requested a salary of $150k with no industry experience. Let’s dissect that.First, $150k is a lot of money. Moving out of the military with
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#DemocracyinDanger1- There has been a lot of talk about cancel culture in the last few years, and more in the last few days. Some would have you believe that putting
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Truth is under attack and Christianity is torn down when people who are affiliated with it lie and spread slander. Shaun King is an ordained Christian pastor. He was talking
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