#Authoritarianism

Oh dear, I’ve just dipped into UK “General Election world”. Wish I hadn’t. I see Labour are already blaming their inevitable loss on BBC bias rather than their unelectable, anti-semitic,
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A lil tale about Chinese authoritarianism:Wuhan is a lovely city, with officials who can be annoyingly pushy, amateurish and charmingly forthcoming at the same time (latter is rarely to be
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Interesting that many of the countries who handled the coronavirus outbreak well are headed by women:https://twitter.com/LetaHong/status/1247899301293879303 New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern:https://twitter.com/annafifield/status/1247475524277952517?s
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I represent the DC area in the Virginia House of Delegates. Last night, the police tear gassed me anyway. (1/5) My constituents, along with countless others across the country, were
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These overly-simplified takes are driving me crazy.This is not directed at Mr. Shaub, whom I have a great deal of respect for, but at the underlying data and news outlets.This
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1/ On the eve of HK's Tiananmen massacre vigil, Beijing is now scrapping its promise of #1country2systems by circumventing HK’s legislature and directly imposing the most controversial national security law
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Pundits / academics often talk about democratic erosion as if it isn't already present in the US. All that does is defer the responsibility to act, abstract the discussion of
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Many cis white women who receive criticism of their behavior mistakenly believe they're being criticized as white *women*, and not as *white* women.Any time you're criticized as a white women,
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“Regardless of what happens in 2020 Trump supporters will be a potent pro-authoritarian voting bloc in the years to come.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/12/trump-voter-authoritarian-research/ Study finds “shockingly h
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It’s hard not to notice that JK Rowling has been attacked far more viciously for writing a book most people haven’t even read than Wiley was for writing openly antisemitic
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People who want to trash our show tell me that I am not doing enough to be critical of #Trudeau. Many who want me to condemn him, want me to
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For everyone surprised that Trump shitted on members of the military...don't be. For everyone who thinks he's banging nails in his political coffin by disparaging dead soldiers...don't count on it.
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As I'm seeing HKers scrubbing their profiles, deleting their accounts, and going underground as the new security law is being passed, I can't help but be terrified for their fate
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THIS!! THIS!! THIS!!https://eand.co/we-dont-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying-26ff80912391 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBjF_VVFvE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xSJQDRH2Q&t=3s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dWUa7aAIfLE
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Sobering analysis. Soviet and post-Soviet Kremlin policy has been made in conjunction with the notion that there’s no real democracy, only useful manipulated appearances.As with the Right at home, Putin
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If you are lost in the haze of a good doomscroll right now STOP what you are doing and get a drink of water Also maybe stretch, it’s easy to
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