Carole Swann
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"Trump realized that 'giving permission' to Republicans to be their worst selves was key to his domestication of the party...
The Jan. 6 insurrection pushed the party into a full-blown state of moral collapse: Republicans now justified violence as a way of doing politics..."
The Jan. 6 insurrection pushed the party into a full-blown state of moral collapse: Republicans now justified violence as a way of doing politics..."
Why I wrote my new Lucid essay on moral collapse: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
March 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Trump realized that 'giving permission' to Republicans to be their worst selves was key to his domestication of the party...
The Jan. 6 insurrection pushed the party into a full-blown state of moral collapse: Republicans now justified violence as a way of doing politics..."
The Jan. 6 insurrection pushed the party into a full-blown state of moral collapse: Republicans now justified violence as a way of doing politics..."
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Feeling overwhelmed and terrified after last week? That’s by design. But in their arrogance, authoritarians underestimate the fierce will of the people. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, authoritarian scholar, on the purpose of the Trump’s “Blitzkrieg of executive orders and other actions”. @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
Autocrats Want to Traumatize Us, But We Know Their Playbook and We Know Our Value
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January 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Feeling overwhelmed and terrified after last week? That’s by design. But in their arrogance, authoritarians underestimate the fierce will of the people. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, authoritarian scholar, on the purpose of the Trump’s “Blitzkrieg of executive orders and other actions”. @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
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This is heartening to see! The resistance is beginning.
I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism.
I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.
I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism.
I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.
The People’s March is moving through the streets of Washington: “We won’t go back!”
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
January 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is heartening to see! The resistance is beginning.
I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism.
I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.
I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism.
I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.
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Authoritarians want you to betray each other but they also encourage you to betray yourself through an inner moral collapse- you give up your agency and let the leader "fix it," and you disregard your moral compass.
November 16, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Authoritarians want you to betray each other but they also encourage you to betray yourself through an inner moral collapse- you give up your agency and let the leader "fix it," and you disregard your moral compass.