#Authoritarianism

Marco Rogers

polotek

I still have a hard time with people being wrong on the internet. Not about the small stuff though. Sometimes a person posts a heartfelt and poignant message expressing how

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

"It’s as if the Age of Reason - the era of evidential argument - is ending & now knowledge is delegitimized & scientific consensus is dismissed. Democracy, which depends on

➖Dustin Miller➖

spdustin

There are several devastating knock-on effects from tonight’s fatal shooting at a pro-Trump rally in Portland.First, because the victim was pro-Trump, the right will instantly forget about the violence perpetrated

Patrick Porter

PatPorter76

I owe you an answer to your very apt challenge last night. What would I, in retrospect, have done differently about the early post-war/Cold War period? This will be boring,

Charles Adler

charlesadler

Email to our National Kitchen Table from Rudolf in Alberta -"Calgary Herald Poll Question : Does your MLA’s position on COVID-19 vaccines affect your decision? 22% yes, 78% No. I

spooky kristin 🎃

kristhesadgal

Lately, Internet atheists have been confused about the difference between identifying in name only and actually being religious. One can be Christian, for example, in name only and have religion

sick & tired (they/them)

lollipop_bandit

Its not hierarchy vs nonhierarchy. It's not even top-down vs horizontal. There are implicit power imbalances in every governing form. Its being governed vs being ungovernable. To be ungovernable means

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

Thread:Let’s stop repeating the trope that #Covid19 doesn’t discriminate. It does. The over 70s have a 68% death rate. Men die more than women (61% in the UK). And 35%

S. Alfonso Williams

theoryanalysis

The Purified Subject (Body.without.Organs).When we allow the domain of the State to exercise sovereignty, we simultaneously allow the anomaly of subjectivity to be an aesthetichttps://theoryandanalysis.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/the-purified-

Jeff Wasserstrom

jwassers

A what is and isn't censored in the PRC thread linked to news that @PikettyLeMonde's earlier book was welcomed on the mainland, but the sequel is not, due a specific

Drew Carey Antifa Stan Acct

nezumi_ningen

Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco.By most accounts these days it's an entry level, elementary text. I honestly don't care one way or the other. Ain't too many days these days I

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Remarkable that a media person can write "Do you think a single person outside the Beltway gives a hoot..." without realizing it means that so many of in media failed

Imperium Press

ImperiumPress

Halloween(ish) thread: we are seeing the beginnings of an archaic revival.Ghosts we thought were dead are coming back, some of very high antiquity indeed.Be afraid. 1) Word of mouth:This seems

𝚏𝚎𝚗

fenrir_71

Well a rant really, I got some shit I need to get off my chest and I ain't pulling any punches. It's about "liberal Twitter," so if you're easily offended,

AQ

Evollaqi

"To draw up an economic plan in this fashion [i.e. democratically] is even less possible than, for example, successfully to plan a military campaign by democratic procedure […] [I]t would

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

Government figures confirm that cramped housing is a bigger problem for ethnic minorities. 30% of UK Bangladeshi population are considered to live in overcrowded housing compared with 2% among white