#Nationalism

Social media, with its corruption of ego into capital, makes conspiracy theories far more likely. How can you foster objectivity when you’re encouraging everyone to be their own brand, or
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1. Within 48 hours Tajikistan secured a decisive 1st round "military" victory against Kyrgyzstan. And the Kyrgyz likely do not want to start a 2nd round. An inept new Kyrgyz
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My 2 fav NY Times, almost *exactly* 50 yrs apart@OnRallyRd July '19 + the Moon Mission July '69 signed by the crew (IPO on Rally this Friday)Apollo 11 had:→politics→anxiety→community→24hr TV→hopeThe
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I can't sleep, so let's unpack one of the most misunderstood and misused concepts in literary theory: this is not what "death of the author" means. In fact, this usage
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The nation in ‘One Nation Conservatism’ refers to England and has done since it was coined by Disraeli in the 19th century.Thread. 1/xhttps://twitter.com/NJ_Timothy/status/1243492205307838464 As a backbencher in the 1840s, Disraeli
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1. Yes, critical race theory can operate as an analytical tool, but it is absolutely insufficient as a worldview. I’ve avoided writing on the subject (though I lecture on it
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Twitter users in the Gulf (non-Indian) are getting to see the vile hatred and bigotry being spewed from Sanghi handles after some Sanghis were terminated from their jobs in the
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THREAD: Time is up to stop toponymic nationalism and ethnocide in the BiH Project. It can be done by taking advantage of an opportunity that arose when Greece and Vardar
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The now infamous open letter by 'intellectuals & artists' calling on #Germany to stop supporting #Ukraine [&, effectively, for 's capitulation to #Russia] is very revealing. As well as being
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As certain elements in Western Media have chosen to take a bigoted approach & attack @TulsiGabbard on her religious faith, I found an interesting article that gives a good run
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Hi, I'll be live tweeting @tanvi_madan events. Feel free to follow along China's handling of COVID-19 has reinforced India's preexisting thinking of the country You could break down the public
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In a previous longform thread, I touched upon the various species of the Indian modernist movement, which I designated A1/A2/A3. A1 = Nehruvian left; A2 = Traditional revivalists; A3 =
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I study African Americans and World War I. Over 100 years later racist ideas of black officers and their leadership capabilities still continue to exist. A reminder that the military
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UK government & @UKRI_News have announced their Covid-19 support package for research. Two elements: i)£280m in grant extensions & support for priority areas of R&D; ii) bulk of support in
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Most critiques of Afropessimism I have read have been bad faith This does not mean there can be no valid criticism, and that even bad faith critics dont have some
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Maybe there's another way of looking at this. Thread of musings:We could start by recognising that separatist referendums in free democracies are almost never heard of (Quebec and Scotland are
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