Modern Discussions
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"Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege."
-Tommy Douglas
#fascism #liberty #freedom #egalitarian #democracy
-Tommy Douglas
#fascism #liberty #freedom #egalitarian #democracy
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege."
-Tommy Douglas
#fascism #liberty #freedom #egalitarian #democracy
-Tommy Douglas
#fascism #liberty #freedom #egalitarian #democracy
September 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“If you feel pain, you’re alive. If you feel other peoples pain, you’re a human being.”
- Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy
September 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“If you feel pain, you’re alive. If you feel other peoples pain, you’re a human being.”
- Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy
August 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The biggest mistake America has made is not prosecuting Trump for the violent insurrection of the Captial.
It directly has led to his second presidency and the eroding of democratic values.
It directly has led to his second presidency and the eroding of democratic values.
August 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The biggest mistake America has made is not prosecuting Trump for the violent insurrection of the Captial.
It directly has led to his second presidency and the eroding of democratic values.
It directly has led to his second presidency and the eroding of democratic values.
THIS IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.
They cannot commandeer state and local law enforcement because they want to.
THIS IS NOT LAWFUL.
They cannot use federalized guard or military personnel for civilian law enforcement absent rebellion and insurrection.
They cannot commandeer state and local law enforcement because they want to.
THIS IS NOT LAWFUL.
They cannot use federalized guard or military personnel for civilian law enforcement absent rebellion and insurrection.
Comer: "We're gonna support doing this in other cities if it works out in Washington DC. We spend a lot on our military. Our military has been in many countries around the world for the past two decades walking the streets trying to reduce crime. We need to focus on the big cities in America now."
August 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Police should not have access to tear gas, rubber bullets, and other excessive crowd control weapons.
If someone can be arrested for throwing a sandwich at an officer, an officer should be arrested for the excessive force they use.
#policebrutality #liberty #freedom #police
If someone can be arrested for throwing a sandwich at an officer, an officer should be arrested for the excessive force they use.
#policebrutality #liberty #freedom #police
August 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Police should not have access to tear gas, rubber bullets, and other excessive crowd control weapons.
If someone can be arrested for throwing a sandwich at an officer, an officer should be arrested for the excessive force they use.
#policebrutality #liberty #freedom #police
If someone can be arrested for throwing a sandwich at an officer, an officer should be arrested for the excessive force they use.
#policebrutality #liberty #freedom #police
Breaking from my usual tone here just because I didn't think it needed to be said but apparently does.
Nazis are bad. Do not idolize them in any form. No, "but their infrastructure" or "Hitler actually had to be pretty smart"
No no. Just no.
#nazis #nazisarebad #freedom #liberty
Nazis are bad. Do not idolize them in any form. No, "but their infrastructure" or "Hitler actually had to be pretty smart"
No no. Just no.
#nazis #nazisarebad #freedom #liberty
July 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Breaking from my usual tone here just because I didn't think it needed to be said but apparently does.
Nazis are bad. Do not idolize them in any form. No, "but their infrastructure" or "Hitler actually had to be pretty smart"
No no. Just no.
#nazis #nazisarebad #freedom #liberty
Nazis are bad. Do not idolize them in any form. No, "but their infrastructure" or "Hitler actually had to be pretty smart"
No no. Just no.
#nazis #nazisarebad #freedom #liberty
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
#liberty #freedom #authoritarianism
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
#liberty #freedom #authoritarianism
June 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
#liberty #freedom #authoritarianism
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
#liberty #freedom #authoritarianism
"The peaceful enjoyment of liberty and equality; the reign of that eternal justice whose laws have been inscribed, not in marble and stone, but in the hearts of all men, even in that of the slave who forgets them and in that of the tyrant who denies them."
-Maximilien Robespierre
#equality #liberty
-Maximilien Robespierre
#equality #liberty
June 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Equality for all.
Equal access to medical care.
Equal access to food.
Equal pay for all, no matter the job or position.
Equal access to education.
Equal rights for all.
#equality
Equal access to medical care.
Equal access to food.
Equal pay for all, no matter the job or position.
Equal access to education.
Equal rights for all.
#equality
June 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Equality for all.
Equal access to medical care.
Equal access to food.
Equal pay for all, no matter the job or position.
Equal access to education.
Equal rights for all.
#equality
Equal access to medical care.
Equal access to food.
Equal pay for all, no matter the job or position.
Equal access to education.
Equal rights for all.
#equality
June 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Open violence against opposition politicians was common in the final days of the Roman Republic. Pray it is not a sign of more to come.
#Rome #Romanrepublic #tyranny #liberty #freedom
#Rome #Romanrepublic #tyranny #liberty #freedom
June 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Open violence against opposition politicians was common in the final days of the Roman Republic. Pray it is not a sign of more to come.
#Rome #Romanrepublic #tyranny #liberty #freedom
#Rome #Romanrepublic #tyranny #liberty #freedom
"When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties."
-Marquis de Lafayette
#resist #insurrection #freedom #liberty #tyranny
-Marquis de Lafayette
#resist #insurrection #freedom #liberty #tyranny
June 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties."
-Marquis de Lafayette
#resist #insurrection #freedom #liberty #tyranny
-Marquis de Lafayette
#resist #insurrection #freedom #liberty #tyranny
Some of the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
June 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Some of the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
First Amendment
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
#liberty
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
#liberty
June 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
First Amendment
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
#liberty
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
#liberty
Definition of tyranny from the Oxford dictionary:
"cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control."
#tyranny #liberty #freedom #ruleoflaw
"cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control."
#tyranny #liberty #freedom #ruleoflaw
June 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Definition of tyranny from the Oxford dictionary:
"cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control."
#tyranny #liberty #freedom #ruleoflaw
"cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control."
#tyranny #liberty #freedom #ruleoflaw
"I shall ask for the abolition for the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me."
-Marquis De Lafayette
#deathpenalty #prison #imprisonment #justice
-Marquis De Lafayette
#deathpenalty #prison #imprisonment #justice
June 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"I shall ask for the abolition for the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me."
-Marquis De Lafayette
#deathpenalty #prison #imprisonment #justice
-Marquis De Lafayette
#deathpenalty #prison #imprisonment #justice