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Adrian Morales《STATE CAPTURE》Now that's a term everyone should start using.<a href="https://ieji.de/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateCapture</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SelfCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfCoup</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friday</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/KingOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KingOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/DemocracyIsDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyIsDead</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/DirtyPoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirtyPoliticians</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greed</a><a href="https://theconversation.com/is-elon-musk-taking-over-the-us-government-heres-how-state-capture-works-and-why-we-should-be-concerned-249471" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/is-elon-musk-taking-over-the-us-government-heres-how-state-capture-works-and-why-we-should-be-concerned-249471</a>

MarkSlovakia’s protests prove the fight for Europe isn’t overOn March 7 tens of thousands took to the streets across <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Slovakia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slovakia</a> for 3rd time this year to protest pro-Russian policies of Slovakian PM Fico’s governmentThey voiced concerns Slovakia drifting away from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EuropeanUnion</a> &transatlantic allies.<a href="https://kyivindependent.com/slovakias-protests-prove-the-fight-for-europe-isnt-over-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kyivindependent.com/slovakias-protests-prove-the-fight-for-europe-isnt-over-2/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HybridWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HybridWar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussianAggression</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a>

Rod McMillan"The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness" Niels Bohr<a href="https://federated.press/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a>

Geriatric GardenerThis ⤵️ is what Project 2025 is *really* all about! “Decoding the Authoritarian Blueprint: How Putin’s Strategies May Foretell Trump’s Next Moves”by Don Knight in The Midnight Manuscripts on Substack“What <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hungary</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Belarus</a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> Reveal About Trump’s Path to Power”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/decoding-the-authoritarian-blueprint?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/decoding-the-authoritarian-blueprint?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Multipolarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Multipolarity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpheresOfInfluence</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Orban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orban</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarian</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a>

GeorgePut it this way. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/notdemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notdemocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ushistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ushistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/usatoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usatoday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apartheid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/enslavement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enslavement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/notfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notfreedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BernieSanders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/hegemony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hegemony</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/authoritariancapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritariancapitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/JasonHickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JasonHickel</a> <a href="https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-the-united-states-is-not-a-beacon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jasonhickel.substack.com/p/no-the-united-states-is-not-a-beacon</a>

Adrian Morales<a href="https://ieji.de/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedom</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protests</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Tuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tuesday</a>

A.Stringer"When you work it all through, only 6% of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenZ</a> really support a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a>, in any recognised sense of the term. The problem we seem to be facing is not a whole generation of autocratic young people but a complex question answered quickly in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/onlinepolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onlinepolls</a> and hugely overinterpreted in subsequent reporting.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Youngpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Youngpeople</a> don’t want dictators: they want government that works <a href="https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/young-people-dont-want-dictators-they-want-government-that-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/young-people-dont-want-dictators-they-want-government-that-works/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pollingdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollingdata</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolling</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/surveylimitations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveylimitations</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/studylimitations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studylimitations</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a>

Pekka KallioniemiCălin <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Georgescu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgescu</a>, the pro-<a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russian</a> drama king, threw a fit after Romania’s Central Electoral Commission barred him from the elections, boldly claiming that his exclusion would topple democracy—not just in <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Romania</a>, but worldwide. <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> is now a <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a>, and Romania’s groaning under tyranny’s boot. Any day now, he’ll probably anoint himself the final stronghold of liberty.

Kent Pitmana bird soars over same vast country and people but broken inside<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#senryu</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ShortPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortPoem</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoems</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#collapse</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#incompetence</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evil</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@alexlunaview" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alexlunaview</a> also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Erdogan</a> violates so many standards re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> that it's impossible to let <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> ascend without him in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jail</a> and his regime abolished!<ul><li>Just like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spain</a> wasn't allowed in until after <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Franco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Franco</a> died and his <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> faltered.</li></ul>Whereas <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> does fulfill all the criteria one could throw at them!

Andy<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#america</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#putin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/unitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unitedstates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republican</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ukrainewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukrainewar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#race</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tradewar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nazi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rightwing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/jdvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jdvance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hatred</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/atrocities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atrocities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/racialhatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racialhatred</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> Regarding Musk’s horrendous statement about empathy… I counterstrike with this. (Forgive the screenshot as it would overshoot the text limit.)

Mark<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Maxar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maxar</a> Technologies restricts Ukraine’s access to satellite imageryMove follows US decision to halt <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intelligence</a> sharing with UkraineAccording to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Militarnyi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Militarnyi</a>, the restriction was imposed under an order from U.S. President Donald <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s administration, with the State Department prohibiting U.S. companies from providing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satellite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>.<a href="https://kyivindependent.com/maxar-technologies-reportedly-restricts-ukraines-access-to-satellite-imagery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kyivindependent.com/maxar-technologies-reportedly-restricts-ukraines-access-to-satellite-imagery/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TrumpIsARussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpIsARussianAsset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DictatorTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tyrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyrants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandWithUkraine</a>

Katika Kühnreich<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> isn't a new phenomenon but is has a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> and understanding it is necessary for <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prevention</a> & <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resistance</a>.There is an often overlooked work by <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#italian</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/philosopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosopher</a> & <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascist</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UmbertoEco</a> First published 1995 in the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NewYorkReviewOfBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYorkReviewOfBooks</a> <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/</a>There was no <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gamification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamification</a> that timeThere is a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wikipedia</a> article on it & many opportunities to find it in different languages<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antifa</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascism</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resistance</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a>

Ted Johnson"In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." – Syme to Winston, "1984" by George OrwellScreenshot from NYTimesvia bsky @lizstokoe<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orwellian</a> #1984 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarian</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NoMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMandate</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiTrump</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiGOP</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiMAGA</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HalfHeartedFanatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HalfHeartedFanatic</a>

MarkWhat parallels do historians see with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration & the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nazi</a> regime?- <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>'s Nazi salute at start of Trump 2nd term - Trump’s administration said it will acquire <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenland</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Panama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Panama</a> - Defunded US foreign aid - Fired federal workers - Humiliated Ukraine’s ZelenskySome historians draw parallels between the 2nd Trump term & <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hitler</a>’s regime80 years after the end of WWII is the comparison relevant?<a href="https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250307-what-parallels-do-historians-see-between-the-trump-administration-and-the-nazi-regime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250307-what-parallels-do-historians-see-between-the-trump-administration-and-the-nazi-regime</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TraitorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TraitorTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DictatorTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a>

Ted Johnson"The United States is now an active enemy of democracy not just in Ukraine, but in all of Europe." – Phillips P. OBrien Substack @phillipspobrien <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarian</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NoMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMandate</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiTrump</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiGOP</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiMAGA</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HalfHeartedFanatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HalfHeartedFanatic</a>

Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽<blockquote>Airing TV ads lauding the leader (using tax dollars of course)Firing senior <a href="https://babka.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> officersFiring career <a href="https://babka.social/tags/prosecutors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prosecutors</a>Firing the person responsible for the security of American <a href="https://babka.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> from attackRefusing to defend our NATO allies from attackCutting off military aid to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a></blockquote>The only possible explanation for these actions is that President Fragile Ego Tiny Hands is creating a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> in which he can act freely to make this country a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russian</a> vassal state<a href="https://babka.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Amerika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amerika</a>

DoomsdaysCWHmmmm... Why am I having <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DejaVu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DejaVu</a>? From 2022: "Vladimir <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> has mentioned 'gender freedoms' more than once to justify <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a>’s war against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> and simultaneously crack down on its own citizens."Most directly, he alleged that Russian citizens who seek '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFreedoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenderFreedoms</a>' (alongside foie gras and oysters) are part of the anti-Russian 'fifth column.'"Gender and sexuality freedoms — or rights, as they are more typically called — are about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BodilyAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BodilyAutonomy</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diversity</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inclusivity</a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feminist</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ activists assert that every human being deserves respect, recognition and equal rights regardless of their gender or sexuality."What’s the connection between Putin’s animosity toward Ukraine and toward <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexuality</a> rights in Russia and around the world? Gender and Putin’s regime"Putin’s regime has increasingly relied on very conventional gender and sexual norms."When he first ascended to the presidency, image-makers used Putin’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KGB</a> background and penchant for physical fitness to frame him as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/macho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macho</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strongman</a> who could reverse Russia’s waning power and 'remasculinize' the country after a decade of supposed geopolitical flaccidity in the wake of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Soviet</a> collapse. "In other words, an inflexible and clearly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patriarchal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patriarchal</a> notion of masculinity has been central to the Putin regime’s legitimacy."Russia’s foreign policy has relied on rigid gender norms as well. When Ukraine underwent its first pro-democracy revolution in 2004, Russian media questioned its leaders’ masculinity."Putin likewise used homophobic terms to dismiss <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgia</a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoseRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoseRevolution</a> in 2003, responding to a reporter’s question by saying: 'A rose revolution — next they’ll come up with a light blue one.' In Russian, 'light blue' or goluboi is slang for “gay male.” Gender and appealing to constituencies"Putin has often been represented as the unquestioned leader of the pack ruling Russia — a masculinity-driven image."However, even as the leader of a personalist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> — a regime in which there are few institutional limits on the leader’s power — Putin must balance competing interests among significant elites and maintain at least the appearance of public support in order to be considered a legitimate ruler."Until 2020, Putin was using gendered language in his speeches to signal his alignment with a variety of elites and public constituencies that supported him. He was sending mixed signals to both relatively progressive Russians who value women’s roles in the workplace and to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservatives</a> wishing for a return to '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalFamilyValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TraditionalFamilyValues</a>,' in order to keep everyone in his camp."But after July 2021, when he published an essay contending Ukrainians and Russians are a single people, Putin no longer shied away from making sexist and LGBTQ+-phobic comments in prominent settings."At an October 2021 meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club — a Moscow-based think tank and discussion forum that Putin is closely associated with — he said teaching children about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFluidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenderFluidity</a> was 'truly monstrous' and 'verging on a crime against humanity.'" Read more: <a href="https://theconversation.com/vladimir-putin-the-czar-of-macho-politics-is-threatened-by-gender-and-sexuality-rights-180473" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/vladimir-putin-the-czar-of-macho-politics-is-threatened-by-gender-and-sexuality-rights-180473</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsPutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpIsPutinsPuppet</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GBLTQRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GBLTQRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicMasculinity</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenderFascists</a>

micchiato 🍉“The modern state abolishes many autonomies of the subaltern classes, it abolishes the state as a federation of classes; but certain forms of the internal life of the subaltern classes are reborn as party, trade union, cultural association. The modern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> abolishes these forms of class autonomy as well, and it tries hard to incorporate them into the activity of the state: in other words, the centralization of the whole life of the nation in the hands of the ruling class becomes frenetic and all consuming.” — Antonio <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gramsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gramsci</a>, First Draft of Notebook 25, Prison Notebooks <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyl_URvvv4Y&pp=ygUNZGVtb2NyYWN5IG5vdw%3D%3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyl_URvvv4Y&pp=ygUNZGVtb2NyYWN5IG5vdw%3D%3D</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyNow</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Nicaragua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nicaragua</a> is in the Grips of Another <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a>, Decades After <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Sandinista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sandinista</a> Revolution: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ReedBrody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReedBrody</a>

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