beSpacific<p>Is It Happening Here? Other countries have watched their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> slip away gradually, w/out <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tanks</span></a> in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are. <a href="https://archive.is/5cFz9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/5cFz9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> When <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ran again, in #2024, his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocratic</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhetoric</span></a> was more pitched. He promised <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a>, a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> of ideological <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemies</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mass</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> on flimsy legal pretexts. WH debuted set of lawn signs 2 highlight undocumented people who have been arrested since Trump’s return 2 power</p>
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Melusina Press<p>Explore how <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/recommenderSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recommenderSystems</span></a> shape the <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> in deliberative <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. This recently published whitepaper by Melusina offers a solid foundation for policymakers navigating digital transformation. Read more: <a href="https://doi.org/10.26298/1981-5982-euom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.26298/1981-5982-euo</span><span class="invisible">m</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalEthics</span></a></p>
small circle 🕊 in calmness<p>Rare colored footage taken right near and directly after the end of WWII.</p><p>"The <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> had precise ideas on how the Germans were to organize their future. The US occupying forces came with well-prepared plans for the structure of administrative bodies, political parties, and cultural life in this new <a href="https://social.coop/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a>, with everything based on the model of Western <a href="https://social.coop/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. At first many Germans had their doubts about this concept."</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/K7JeTqXdH7I?t=2063" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/K7JeTqXdH7I?t=2063</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Trump’s Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a><br>A leading global <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> research institute says democratic “backsliding” must be turned around quickly—warning that after 10 years, recovery is “close to impossible.”<br>For the first time in more than 20 years, by #2025 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DemocracyReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyReport</span></a>’s estimate, the world now has more <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/autocracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracies</span></a> (91) than <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> (88), with liberal democracies (29) now least common regime type. <br><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-press-freedom-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vanityfair.com/news/story/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-press-freedom-authoritarianism</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/n35Qh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/n35Qh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"Bad thing in another country horrifies, driving support for the opposite at home"</p><p>I think it helped in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></p><p>I think it will help in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p><p>So the fate of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is to be an example of what poor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunControl</span></a>, no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universalHealthcare</span></a>, and what an unchecked <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis does to a motherfucker:</p><p>Sane observant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> in other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> can avoid our fate</p><p>🥴</p><p>"Anti-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> sentiment drives dramatic upturn in fortunes for Canada’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/canada-liberal-party-poll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/26/canada-liberal-party-poll</span></a></p>
Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p>Counter- <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> against products from the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> ,decided by national <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a> or the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> , are one thing. But what about <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> behaviour in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> , <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> , <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> & the entire <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> , and actually all <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> in the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> ? Who is still motivated to buy U.S. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/products" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>products</span></a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> as long as the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>administration</span></a> wages a brutal and absurd <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a> with other <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/countries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>countries</span></a> ?</p>
Emus for Entropy<p>Toward more level electoral campaigns </p><p>While other <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> have introduced caps and <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> rules, _South Australia_ has gone further, eliminating the financial ties between donors and politicians altogether. </p><p><a href="https://thepostsa.au/in-the-media/2025/01/24/why-money-doesnt-play-in-politics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thepostsa.au/in-the-media/2025</span><span class="invisible">/01/24/why-money-doesnt-play-in-politics/</span></a></p><p>The TL;DR version<br><quote><br>- Donation ban: <br>All donations to political parties, MPs, and candidates are banned. <br>...</p><p>-Public funding: <br>Instead, campaigns and party operations will be funded through public money, distributed based on election performance. <br>...</p><p>-Spending caps: <br>Strict limits on campaign spending ensure no candidate or party can dominate elections through excessive spending. <br>...</p><p>-Penalties: <br>Severe consequences await those who try to bypass the law, including fines up to $50,000 and prison sentences of up to 10 years.</p><p>-Transparency for third parties: <br>Lobby groups and unions must disclose funding and use separate accounts for political activities, ensuring transparency across the board.<br></quote><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SAgovau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAgovau</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a></p>
Thomas Barrio<p>The Persistence of Totalitarian Manipulation Techniques: From Mussolini to Today</p><p>📢 From <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mussolini</span></a> to today, totalitarian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> techniques persist. 🗣️ Language perversion, 👁️ omnipresent surveillance, 📺 intensive propaganda. From <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stalin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stalin</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, "social order" justifies repression. 🚨 Let’s stay vigilant against these threats to our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedoms</span></a>! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Totalitarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> In…</p><p><a href="https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2024/12/25/the-persistence-of-totalitarian-manipulation-techniques-from-mussolini-to-today/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">homohortus31.wordpress.com/202</span><span class="invisible">4/12/25/the-persistence-of-totalitarian-manipulation-techniques-from-mussolini-to-today/</span></a></p>
Proletarian Rage<p>It's a trend for bourgeois <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> to criminalize <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> action. <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/nederlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nederlands</span></a> of course is not an exception. <a href="https://frontrange.co/@ajnewsbot/113707906612249551" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">frontrange.co/@ajnewsbot/11370</span><span class="invisible">7906612249551</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federated.press/@The_Icarian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>The_Icarian</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AUSpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUSpol</span></a> </p><p>(1/n)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpendingLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpendingLimits</span></a> are essential for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. One prime example are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. It went from being capitalist to being a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CitizensUnitedVsFEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnitedVsFEC</span></a> 1).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, in contrast, does right in this respect. Let's include more people with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a>. ;)</p><p>"A tweet from @ politicsnewsusa.bsky.social announces that 👉Australia has passed a bill limiting the amount billionaires can spend on political parties👈 to $20,000. The..."</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federated.press/@The_Icarian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>The_Icarian</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AUSpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUSpol</span></a> </p><p>(1/n)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpendingLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpendingLimits</span></a> are essential for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. One prime example are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. It went from being capitalist to being a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CitizensUnitedVsFEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnitedVsFEC</span></a> 1).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, in contrast, does right in this respect. Let's include more people with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a>. ;)</p><p>"A tweet from @ politicsnewsusa.bsky.social announces that 👉Australia has passed a bill limiting the amount billionaires can spend on..."</p><p>CONTINUED:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113702075557325132" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1137</span><span class="invisible">02075557325132</span></a></p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p><strong>Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, November 2 2024</strong></p>
World 'merely watching' as North Korea threat grows -- Poland starts fortifying border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave as part of 'East Shield' initiative -- Pennsylvania's Ukrainian community could swing the state in the upcoming election -- [vblog] These Ukrainian women down Russian drones -- and more
<p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20November%202%202024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20November%202%202024/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>The new interconnected breed of <a href="https://c.im/tags/autocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocrats</span></a> gains and retains power<br> -- by deception --</p><p>globally <a href="https://c.im/tags/undermining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undermining</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> through their own institutions</p><p>An autocratic wave has crept up on us in the U.S. -- and over the world in the last decade. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> were once seen as two separate and distant worlds <br>with little in common, <br>and that the triumph of one weakened the other. </p><p>Now, however, autocrats across the globe, <br>in poor and wealthy nations, <br>in established and nascent democracies, <br>and from the right and left, <br>are using the same tactics to ⚠️dismantle democracies from within.</p><p>As of 2021, of the 104 countries classified as democracies worldwide,<br>37 had experienced moderate to severe deterioration in key elements of democracy, <br>such as open and free <a href="https://c.im/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a>, <br>fundamental <a href="https://c.im/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> and liberties, <br>civic <a href="https://c.im/tags/engagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engagement</span></a>, <br>the rule of <a href="https://c.im/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, <br>and checks-and-<a href="https://c.im/tags/balances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>balances</span></a> between government branches. </p><p>This democratic backsliding wave has accelerated since 2016 and infiltrated all corners of the world.</p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-new-autocrats-who-dismantle-democracies-from-within/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/meet-the-new-autocrats-who-dismantle-democracies-from-within/</span></a></p>
Raccoon🏳️🌈<p>So apparently the military of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> is now very publicly using the Tesla <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Cybertruck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybertruck</span></a> in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>...</p><p>Setting aside what seems like a tactical shortcoming, every time something comes up the association between <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, a billionaire who opposes democracy because of it's dilution of the power of money, and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a>, a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictator</span></a> who opposes democracy because dilutes his own power, becomes increasingly palpable. I suspect we are headed towards a near future where <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> openly supports <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> like <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> and other anti-democratic regimes, and the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracies</span></a> of the world get into some sort of conflict with him over whether he's allowed to openly oppose democracy itself.</p><p>...and I think that's going to be one of the major societal conflicts of the next decade, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> versus <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, these billionaires who want to keep huge amounts of power versus the average person who wants more of a say in their own lives.</p><p><a href="https://defence-blog.com/russian-troops-receive-musks-cybertrucks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">defence-blog.com/russian-troop</span><span class="invisible">s-receive-musks-cybertrucks/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philanthropy</span></a> Can Do More to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Save" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Save</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a>—Here’s How.</p><p>In the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/push" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>push</span></a> for stronger <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a>, there is a missing element: a full-throated feminist philanthropy movement.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://msmagazine.com/2024/08/27/feminist-philanthropy-democracy-womens-rights/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">msmagazine.com/2024/08/27/femi</span><span class="invisible">nist-philanthropy-democracy-womens-rights/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>More Than the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lesser</span></a> of Two <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Evils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evils</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/multiparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multiparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> show us how <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/openingup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openingup</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politicalfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalfield</span></a> can <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>help</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/thwart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thwart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://progressive.org/magazine/more-than-the-lesser-of-two-evils-nichols-20240815/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">progressive.org/magazine/more-</span><span class="invisible">than-the-lesser-of-two-evils-nichols-20240815/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spacey.space/@spaceflight" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spaceflight</span></a></span> nah, I'd say it's also a matter of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatSec</span></a> at this point...</p><p>Because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> is a threat to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> around the globe by virtue of having.nit only too much money = power but also being completely unhinged and deranged...</p>
LM Little<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> So the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> backed by the oligarchs brought down <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>. This is what <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigMoney</span></a> does to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>.</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a>'s most powerful <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/weapon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weapon</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a></p><p>"Trump continues to tell <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antisemites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemites</span></a> and other <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/racists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racists</span></a> that it is fine to operate out in the open," <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SharonNazarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharonNazarian</span></a> tells <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Salon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salon</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/07/12/dr-nazarian-trump-continues-to-tell-antisemites-that-it-is-fine-to-operate-out-in-the-open/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2024/07/12/dr-nazari</span><span class="invisible">an-trump-continues-to-tell-antisemites-that-it-is-fine-to-operate-out-in-the-open/</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>"What would you do?"</p><p>You're literally doing it now.</p><p>I just watched two <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/essays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>essays</span></a> on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cabaret" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cabaret</span></a>, its origin, and various incarnations, focused on the 1972 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> version <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DirectedBy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectedBy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BobFosse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobFosse</span></a>, starring <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LizaMinnelli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizaMinnelli</span></a>.</p><p>Like the final moments of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeimarRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeimarRepublic</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, purported <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> around the world are facing our end of days and the rise of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>.</p><p>So, what are you doing?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/cPpwXUZNbNs?si=eal-DzooROAGitef" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/cPpwXUZNbNs?si=eal-Dz</span><span class="invisible">ooROAGitef</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/8xrGp3tzKgs?si=8Cs2D_qCQzNOAu8H" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/8xrGp3tzKgs?si=8Cs2D_</span><span class="invisible">qCQzNOAu8H</span></a></p>
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