#Authoritarianism

K H Khattak

khyzar_ktk

Following the ordered closure of an art installation in Karachi depicting extra-judicial killings, a debate at my law firm has ensued claiming such behavior is 'unconstitutional'. I believe the opposite.

Absurdistwords

absurdistwords

Dear White People,Racism is just fascism that hasn't caught up to you yet. You want learn how to fight fascism? Look to the people who have been fighting racism all

Wolfie Christl

WolfieChristl

I see four main types of potential issues with proximity tracing apps:1) Opaque/centralized mass profiling2) Insufficient epidemiological/practical efficacy3) Everything related to how governments implement them, e.g. making them (de-facto) compulsor

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) The Authoritarian DispositionGood question. Combining this thread (Rule of Law v. Cult of Leadership) with scholarship from political psychology brings us to the conclusion that about 1/3 of the

CarrieLynn D.monic Reinhard

MediaOracle

Seriously? #NeverBidenNeverTrump Seriously? Look, I'm not happy either. I wanted Warren. But if this anger and cynicism means Trump gets re-elected, then you all have learned nothing. Don't like the

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Meaningful elections do not occur in dictatorships.The GOP lost the midterms and most election since.In dictatorships, people don't bother voting because the outcome is determined.Should we persuade people that we

TheValuesVoter

TheValuesVoter

It’s dawned on me recently that there are a lot of similarities between people having a false belief that they’re Christians and people having a false belief that they’re Patriots.

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

The "Deep State" chryon here caught my eye. It's become such a ubiquitous talking point in conservative media. When did American politicians and commentators start using that term? Well, I

Paul Rosenzweig

RosenzweigP

Musings on the "day after" (ok, several days after, but you get the idea): America faces three over-arching interlocking large-scale challenges that, in any reasonable world, should be the objective

Francis J. Bunkueanun Paothong

bunkueanun

MY FRIENDS of the #MilkTeaAlliance:In this gravest of hours, we have striven to act on the desire of a better country. We have walked through the darkest of days before.

Paula Gould

Pago

I had hoped to complete an article by today, the 45th anniversary of the women's strike, outlining my reflections on living in Iceland, the #1 country for gender equality. But

Heath Mayo

HeathMayo

For those keeping score, the modern Republican Party now believes in big, federal government just as much, if not more than the Democratic Party. It also doesn’t care about the

Cedar Riener

criener

Imho one underappreciated element of the "reach out to conservatives" side is the belief that social closeness plus empathetic persuasion plus coming to common understanding of facts will not only

Unironic Nazbol

natbolshev

My political ideology In this thread I’ll describe my ideology for people who care. 1. AuthoritarianismIn my mind, a strong, powerful state is needed to protect the people. Democracy causes

Funkin' Lesson

JJfreeradical

Echoes of 2010: the Democratic Party in 2021 has the chance to fundamentally reshape the country in its image. 2010 should be a lesson and a warning. In 2008 a

Nilanjana Roy

nilanjanaroy

I wish I could write to every thriving democracy to say never take your freedoms and institutions for granted.The bulldozing of Parliament; the FCRA amendments, the Farmer's Bill; political prisoners;