#DEMOCRACY

Tea Pain

TeaPainUSA

MINI-THREAD on Patriotism:1) Republicans have been wavin' the American flag for years, callin' themselves "patriots" and paintin' Democrats as "unpatriotic." On Jan 6th, we found out what a bunch of

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

One problem I think is transparently clear having been on both sides of it is that the way Trump speaks is itself a problem. It's almost like you have to

Fledgist 🥀🇯🇲🇬🇧🇺🇸

Fledgist

The word “nationalism” has been in vogue for the past few years. What does it mean? Simply put, it is the idea that people sharing a language, & culture, in

Annie Gabston-Howell-

AnnieGabstonH

Trump doesn't do 'future' in any real sense. When he won the presidency, so far as he was concerned, all of his problems were over and he could do what

Patrick Skinner

SkinnerPm

The culture wars were fought in the decaying Weimar in the late 1920’s EXACTLY as the grifters & bobble heads are doing today. Reading ‘The Coming of the Third Reich’

Henrietta Norton

HenNorton

My amazing, jigsaw-obsessed stepmum Mo Mowlam, died 15 years ago today, 19th August 2005. What would she make of where we are today? 1/6 Her bullshit meter would definitely be

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

Just a reminder to all the supporters of outgoing president Trump who actually think he can still remain in office, he does not believe this himself. It's all a show

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

1. Impeachment & its accompanying "show" trial is done. The House managers did their job & they couldn't have done it better: they proved the 45th prez of the U.S.

Adrienne C. McWilliams

SisterNightSays

It can’t be understated that the media & tech platforms have impacted the electorate & compromised our democracy. Instead of looking to them to fix it, we should be making

Omair Ahmad

OmairTAhmad

1. I have had an evolving view of Kejriwal.My initial response to him was scepticism. This was beacuse of the Jan Lokpal Bill: http://nagarikmancha.org/images/1244-Documents-Jan%20Lokpal%20Bill.pdfThis envisaged the creation of an authority

Maurice Saldo

LuxeMadiRosa

In december 2018 my younger brother was a victim of a violent police repression at a demonstration in France. He was beaten up and arrested. He noticed he wasn't breathing

Matt Walton

themattwalton

Let’s clear something up. This isn’t fun for us. The Right has been convinced that the Left relishes “cancel culture, hating Trump, & political correctness.” We don’t. We hate it.

Peter White

PeteWhitePolSci

I think there is some confusion among some non civ-mil folks about what the problem is with turning to military leaders when civilian politics has failed-if the military is respected,

Alon (they/them)

alon_levy

1. Crackpot theory about the concentration camp system for the Uighurs (and Kazakhs) and its expansion to other minorities. 2. In classical Marxism, wages are low during industrialization because villages

The Hoarse Whisperer

TheRealHoarse

In 2016:- 57 million people voted early, absentee or by-mail.- 80 million voted on Election DaySo far in 2020:- 100 mil voted early, absentee or by-mailThe two big questions: -

Ben Pile

clim8resistance

Everybody seems to know that these things are true:1. The main Westminster parties are absolute shite.2. Nothing will change until they are gone.3. Few Conservatives or Labour party members seem

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