Tag: Authoritarianism
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Fear Of The Word “Socialist” Is Soooooo 1950
Conservatives want to live in the past. It says so — right in their name: they want to CONSERVE. Considering as you can’t “conserve” the future, all you can conserve is the present — which owes pretty much everything to the past. Progressives — for comparison’s sake — want to PROGRESS — just like THEIR…
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The Most Dangerous Tool On An Authoritarian’s Belt (After Propaganda) Is CYNICISM
As annoying as the sound of Trumpanistas Autho Trump is, it’s understandable. One expects bullshit to flow from a Trumpanista. It’s the sound of cynicism flowing from friends and loved ones that bothers me far more. That’s the sound of Trumpian lies landing where the Trumpanistas couldn’t. The first thing your textbook authoritarian comes for…
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Immigration – And The Diversity It Brings – THAT Is “American Exceptionalism”
Rich Christian white guys, pumped up on cheap beer (they don’t drink it for the taste, they drink it to get plastered) think THEY are American Exceptionalism. Rich, Christian white guys with real money — we’re talking Koch & Mercer level wealth — don’t care about American Exceptionalism. They care about maintaining power and cultural…
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Donald Trump “Winning” The 2016 Election Is A Total Fiction; We Need To Start Treating It Like One
Let’s get this straight: without Russia MAKING him president, Donald J Trump would not BE president. We felt it collectively on Election Night 2016 as the results went toward the unexpected. It felt strange — not just because it wasn’t going the way we expected. No, it felt strange on a whole other subcutaneous level,…
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Is It A “Stupid Question” To Ask “What’s Up With America’s Love Affair With Stupid”?
Not A Revelation: Stupid plays very well in America. I don’t mean we like to laugh at stupid people (everyone loves laughing at stupid people except the stupid people themselves), I mean we we like it when stupid people laugh at us. We must like it; we keep setting ourselves up for it to happen…
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Drip… Drip… Drip… How Authoritarianism Works
The most frustrating arguments I have these days aren’t with Trumpanistas. They’re with people completely on ‘our side’. The question isn’t ‘Is Donald Trump the worst thing (aside from slavery) that ever happened to America?’ The question is why are so many ‘informed’, progressive people so reluctant to fully embrace — and act upon —…