John Lewis-Dickerson
@jlewisdickerson.bsky.social
BS Ga. Tech, JD Mercer U. ■ ''Here is a place of disaffection... Not here the darkness, in this twittering world. Descend lower...'' ~ Burnt Norton, by T. S. Eliot
Regarding Trump's "war within" America, here is a poster from the 1950s McCarthy era that I recently saw while watching a documentary about McCarthy.
McCarthy Documentary ~ www.imdb.com/title/tt1525...
McCarthy Documentary ~ www.imdb.com/title/tt1525...
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Regarding Trump's "war within" America, here is a poster from the 1950s McCarthy era that I recently saw while watching a documentary about McCarthy.
McCarthy Documentary ~ www.imdb.com/title/tt1525...
McCarthy Documentary ~ www.imdb.com/title/tt1525...
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL, 1935. Premiere of the film, 'Triumph of the Will,' by Leni Riefenstahl, at the Ufa Palace Theater in Berlin, 1935
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL, 1935. Premiere of the film, 'Triumph of the Will,' by Leni Riefenstahl, at the Ufa Palace Theater in Berlin, 1935
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
HANNAH ARENDT: “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)
October 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
HANNAH ARENDT: “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
HANNAH ARENDT: “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
HANNAH ARENDT: “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.” ― from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' (1951)
RE: "Trump's War Within America"
FROM THE MCCARTHY ERA:
FROM THE MCCARTHY ERA:
October 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
RE: "Trump's War Within America"
FROM THE MCCARTHY ERA:
FROM THE MCCARTHY ERA:
HANNAH ARENDT (1951): “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
HANNAH ARENDT (1951): “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
October 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
PRIMO LEVI: Every age has its own fascism. There are many ways of reaching this point, and not just through the terror of police intimidation, but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in a myriad subtle ways...
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
PRIMO LEVI: Every age has its own fascism. There are many ways of reaching this point, and not just through the terror of police intimidation, but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in a myriad subtle ways...
HANNAH ARENDT (1951): “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
October 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
HANNAH ARENDT (1951): “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
Malignant narcissists like Trump are often sadistic (take pleasure in hurting people)!
AI: Malignant narcissistic personality disorder (MNPD) is a severe subtype of narcissistic personality disorder characterized by a toxic combination of narcissistic traits, antisocial behaviors, and aggression..
AI: Malignant narcissistic personality disorder (MNPD) is a severe subtype of narcissistic personality disorder characterized by a toxic combination of narcissistic traits, antisocial behaviors, and aggression..
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Malignant narcissists like Trump are often sadistic (take pleasure in hurting people)!
AI: Malignant narcissistic personality disorder (MNPD) is a severe subtype of narcissistic personality disorder characterized by a toxic combination of narcissistic traits, antisocial behaviors, and aggression..
AI: Malignant narcissistic personality disorder (MNPD) is a severe subtype of narcissistic personality disorder characterized by a toxic combination of narcissistic traits, antisocial behaviors, and aggression..
PRIMO LEVI: Every age has its own fascism. There are many ways of reaching this point, and not just through the terror of police intimidation, but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in a myriad subtle ways...
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
PRIMO LEVI: Every age has its own fascism. There are many ways of reaching this point, and not just through the terror of police intimidation, but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in a myriad subtle ways...
PRIMO LEVI: Every age has its own fascism. There are many ways of reaching this point, and not just through the terror of police intimidation, but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in a myriad subtle ways...
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
PRIMO LEVI: Every age has its own fascism. There are many ways of reaching this point, and not just through the terror of police intimidation, but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in a myriad subtle ways...
PRIMO LEVI: Every age has its own fascism. There are many ways of reaching this point, and not just through the terror of police intimidation, but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in a myriad subtle ways...
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
PRIMO LEVI: Every age has its own fascism. There are many ways of reaching this point, and not just through the terror of police intimidation, but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in a myriad subtle ways...
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
HANNAH ARENDT (1951): “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
HANNAH ARENDT (1951): “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
HANNAH ARENDT (1951): “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
HANNAH ARENDT (1951): “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
October 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
ARENDT: "The outstanding negative quality of the totalitarian elite is that it never stops to think about the world as it really is... Its most cherished virtue, correspondingly, is loyalty to the Leader, who, like a talisman, assures the ultimate victory of lie and fiction over truth and reality."
Speaker Mike Johnson is exceptionally smarmy!
Nuf said?
AI Overview
"Nuf said" is an informal way of saying "enough said". It's used to indicate that something is so obvious, or that a point has been made so clearly, that no further explanation or discussion is necessary.
Nuf said?
AI Overview
"Nuf said" is an informal way of saying "enough said". It's used to indicate that something is so obvious, or that a point has been made so clearly, that no further explanation or discussion is necessary.
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson is exceptionally smarmy!
Nuf said?
AI Overview
"Nuf said" is an informal way of saying "enough said". It's used to indicate that something is so obvious, or that a point has been made so clearly, that no further explanation or discussion is necessary.
Nuf said?
AI Overview
"Nuf said" is an informal way of saying "enough said". It's used to indicate that something is so obvious, or that a point has been made so clearly, that no further explanation or discussion is necessary.