John Chrobák
@jchrobie.bsky.social
Populism, illiberalism, far right, & Eurasia with @ILLSP.bsky.social at IERES | 🇺🇸, 🇫🇷, 🇷🇺, 🇨🇿, 🇪🇸 | All the usual caveats apply
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UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
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I watched Yarvin’s Sheldonian lecture. What struck me is that he’s describing real institutional failures, but he completely misdiagnoses the cause. He treats “democracy” as the problem, when the actual collapse is upstream.
See also Curtis Yarvin's remarks in a recent Oxford lecture:
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I watched Yarvin’s Sheldonian lecture. What struck me is that he’s describing real institutional failures, but he completely misdiagnoses the cause. He treats “democracy” as the problem, when the actual collapse is upstream.
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"No kings" doesn't sit right as a slogan as it implies US exceptionalism
The US might not have had kings but it built a political system which gave power to oligarchs and technocrats to protect similar forms of oppression
This is not a democratic alternative to "kings", more an evolution
The US might not have had kings but it built a political system which gave power to oligarchs and technocrats to protect similar forms of oppression
This is not a democratic alternative to "kings", more an evolution
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"No kings" doesn't sit right as a slogan as it implies US exceptionalism
The US might not have had kings but it built a political system which gave power to oligarchs and technocrats to protect similar forms of oppression
This is not a democratic alternative to "kings", more an evolution
The US might not have had kings but it built a political system which gave power to oligarchs and technocrats to protect similar forms of oppression
This is not a democratic alternative to "kings", more an evolution
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The latest issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies #JIS is out now! 👀
Read the full issue here: www.illiberalism.org/jis-summer-2...
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
Read the full issue here: www.illiberalism.org/jis-summer-2...
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The latest issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies #JIS is out now! 👀
Read the full issue here: www.illiberalism.org/jis-summer-2...
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
Read the full issue here: www.illiberalism.org/jis-summer-2...
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
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Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America
steady.page
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
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📢 Call for Papers! #CFP
The Journal of Illiberalism Studies is actively seeking paper submissions exploring the relationship between AI and ideology. Paper proposals due Oct 31.
See details here: tinyurl.com/yck9jdtj
@raphdemiasmorisset.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
The Journal of Illiberalism Studies is actively seeking paper submissions exploring the relationship between AI and ideology. Paper proposals due Oct 31.
See details here: tinyurl.com/yck9jdtj
@raphdemiasmorisset.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📢 Call for Papers! #CFP
The Journal of Illiberalism Studies is actively seeking paper submissions exploring the relationship between AI and ideology. Paper proposals due Oct 31.
See details here: tinyurl.com/yck9jdtj
@raphdemiasmorisset.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
The Journal of Illiberalism Studies is actively seeking paper submissions exploring the relationship between AI and ideology. Paper proposals due Oct 31.
See details here: tinyurl.com/yck9jdtj
@raphdemiasmorisset.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
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Ngram of the day: birthright citizenship books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
Google Books Ngram Viewer
Google Ngrams: birthright citizenship, 1800-2022
books.google.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Ngram of the day: birthright citizenship books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
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Our brand new monograph, discussing the findings of our work together during the last seven years, is now out for @oxfordacademic.bsky.social and free to read and download!
June 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Our brand new monograph, discussing the findings of our work together during the last seven years, is now out for @oxfordacademic.bsky.social and free to read and download!
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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
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🚨 New article with the brilliant @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social
We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛
open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...
We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛
open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...
May 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 New article with the brilliant @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social
We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛
open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...
We dive into the online community of right-wing body builders (RWBB) 🥚🥩🥛
open access: sciendo.com/article/10.2...
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🧵 The CNN piece on Bongino and Patel is one of the clearest real-world examples of a key phenomenon in disordered discourse:
The agents who stoke it can become its victims, especially when their disordered discourse meets the reality of the institutions it captures.
The agents who stoke it can become its victims, especially when their disordered discourse meets the reality of the institutions it captures.
In 2023, Dan Bongino, star podcaster, demanded to know: "What the hell are they hiding with Jeffrey Epstein?"
In 2025, Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, disappointed the 2023 version of himself. "I have reviewed the case. Jeffrey Epstein killed himself," he wrote yesterday.
In 2025, Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, disappointed the 2023 version of himself. "I have reviewed the case. Jeffrey Epstein killed himself," he wrote yesterday.
Analysis: Trump’s FBI bosses are angering the MAGA media bubble they once stoked | CNN Business
Some self-identified loyalists of President Trump are turning against Trump’s top law enforcement officials, partly because of the unsupported MAGA media claims that made those officials popular in th...
www.cnn.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🧵 The CNN piece on Bongino and Patel is one of the clearest real-world examples of a key phenomenon in disordered discourse:
The agents who stoke it can become its victims, especially when their disordered discourse meets the reality of the institutions it captures.
The agents who stoke it can become its victims, especially when their disordered discourse meets the reality of the institutions it captures.
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If Walmart’s eating the tariffs, then what is the alleged purpose of the tariffs? To lower our national trade deficit with…Walmart?
May 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If Walmart’s eating the tariffs, then what is the alleged purpose of the tariffs? To lower our national trade deficit with…Walmart?
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A new issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies #JIS is out now! This issue is focused on Christian nationalism and the 2024 election and features contributions from speakers at our conference organized with @smpagwu.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social and @faithandjustice.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A new issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies #JIS is out now! This issue is focused on Christian nationalism and the 2024 election and features contributions from speakers at our conference organized with @smpagwu.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social and @faithandjustice.bsky.social
Today's piece in NYT on the anti-Trump bump (re CA & AU elections) made me think of this excellent piece from @theunpopulist.net. Celebrating temporary repudiations of radical right politics is fine but, as @janetbufton.ca concludes, "[liberalism] has to address its own shortcomings and fight back."
A Liberal Victory Does Not Mean Populist Furies Are Dead in Canada
For that, the party will have to correct its abysmal governing failure and deliver economic results
www.theunpopulist.net
May 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today's piece in NYT on the anti-Trump bump (re CA & AU elections) made me think of this excellent piece from @theunpopulist.net. Celebrating temporary repudiations of radical right politics is fine but, as @janetbufton.ca concludes, "[liberalism] has to address its own shortcomings and fight back."
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🚨 Happy to share my latest open-access research which examines the use of Twitter’s live-audio conversational feature, Spaces, with far-right communities
I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🚨 Happy to share my latest open-access research which examines the use of Twitter’s live-audio conversational feature, Spaces, with far-right communities
I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that the Elon Musk backed Spaces has emerged as a powerful communicative tool for the far-right
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New article in our Frontiers of American Reaction series! Joshua Cherniss (@jcherniss.bsky.social) on the ethos and ethics of ruthlessness, and how they've come to be embodied in Trumpism. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
www.illiberalism.org/the-ruthless...
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
www.illiberalism.org/the-ruthless...
The Ruthlessness is the Point: Trumpism and the Ethical Allure of Ruthlessness illiberalism.org |
Joshua Cherniss on the ethos and ethics of ruthlessness, and how they've come to be embodied in Trumpism.
www.illiberalism.org
April 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New article in our Frontiers of American Reaction series! Joshua Cherniss (@jcherniss.bsky.social) on the ethos and ethics of ruthlessness, and how they've come to be embodied in Trumpism. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
www.illiberalism.org/the-ruthless...
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
www.illiberalism.org/the-ruthless...
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A few thoughts on Le Pen's verdict
It may be her downfall but it is unlikely it will be the far right's until we do not address the central role the mainstream elite has played in its rise
Unfortunately, expect more of the same
theconversation.com/marine-le-pe...
It may be her downfall but it is unlikely it will be the far right's until we do not address the central role the mainstream elite has played in its rise
Unfortunately, expect more of the same
theconversation.com/marine-le-pe...
Marine Le Pen’s victim narrative is already being constructed – but there are ways to stop her criminal conviction benefitting her
Le Pen has been barred from politics for four years after being found guilty of embezzlement.
theconversation.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A few thoughts on Le Pen's verdict
It may be her downfall but it is unlikely it will be the far right's until we do not address the central role the mainstream elite has played in its rise
Unfortunately, expect more of the same
theconversation.com/marine-le-pe...
It may be her downfall but it is unlikely it will be the far right's until we do not address the central role the mainstream elite has played in its rise
Unfortunately, expect more of the same
theconversation.com/marine-le-pe...
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🤯🇪🇺 The Heritage Foundation, the Trump admin’s agenda-setting think tank, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland & Hungary on reshaping the EU. Obtained by @vsquare.bsky.social, these include dismantling the EU Commission, the ECJ & renaming the bloc the European Community of Nations.
Renaming the EU, Dismantling the Commission: For What Polish and Hungarian Illiberals Seek U.S. Backing - VSquare.org
The Trump administration's most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary on how to shape the future of the European Union. Th...
vsquare.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🤯🇪🇺 The Heritage Foundation, the Trump admin’s agenda-setting think tank, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland & Hungary on reshaping the EU. Obtained by @vsquare.bsky.social, these include dismantling the EU Commission, the ECJ & renaming the bloc the European Community of Nations.
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A few days ago, I posted about how authoritarian leaders fear student activism. I wrote a new article dives much deeper into this pattern – and why Trump's recent threats are so revealing. It's a global, historical phenomenon. (Short 🧵⬇️)
The Power of Student Protests in the Fight for Democracy: Why Trump and Authoritarians Worldwide Fear Campus Activism
Trump's Threat to Universities and the Global History of Student-Led Democratic Change
data4democracy.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A few days ago, I posted about how authoritarian leaders fear student activism. I wrote a new article dives much deeper into this pattern – and why Trump's recent threats are so revealing. It's a global, historical phenomenon. (Short 🧵⬇️)
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Fact Checking Russia's Invasion of Ukraine with PONARS Ukraine Task Force:
www.ponarseurasia.org/task-forces/...
www.ponarseurasia.org/task-forces/...
PONARS Ukraine Task Force: Incontrovertible Truths - PONARS Eurasia
Fact Checking Russia's Invasion of Ukraine with PONARS Ukraine Task Force As events unfold in Ukraine, PONARS Eurasia has created this page for the Ukraine Task Force to fact check statements made in ...
www.ponarseurasia.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fact Checking Russia's Invasion of Ukraine with PONARS Ukraine Task Force:
www.ponarseurasia.org/task-forces/...
www.ponarseurasia.org/task-forces/...
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Join us on February 28 for a moderated discussion between Patrick Deneen and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social on liberalism and its fate.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/u2ehzmak
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February 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Join us on February 28 for a moderated discussion between Patrick Deneen and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social on liberalism and its fate.
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/u2ehzmak
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
RSVP here: tinyurl.com/u2ehzmak
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
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So I’m curious, if the US invades Canada would that falsify the democratic peace theory or prove the US is no longer a democracy?
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
So I’m curious, if the US invades Canada would that falsify the democratic peace theory or prove the US is no longer a democracy?