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Reminder: if you predicted half the things happening now (threatening to take Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal; lawless mass firings; complete defiance of Congressional prerogatives; mass pardons of violent supporters) even a couple of years ago, Serious Thinkers would have dismissed you.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reminder: if you predicted half the things happening now (threatening to take Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal; lawless mass firings; complete defiance of Congressional prerogatives; mass pardons of violent supporters) even a couple of years ago, Serious Thinkers would have dismissed you.
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something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens
South Korean soldiers attempting to enter the National Assembly repelled by a fire extinguisher and camera flashes.
December 3, 2024 at 8:53 PM
something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens
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NEW FROM ME:
The government will do things that hurt people.
But knowing exactly what it is doing — & therefore who’s most at risk — is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him.
Here’s a start.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
The government will do things that hurt people.
But knowing exactly what it is doing — & therefore who’s most at risk — is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him.
Here’s a start.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
Opinion | Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations
How big will the Trump administration will go, and how quickly?
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM
NEW FROM ME:
The government will do things that hurt people.
But knowing exactly what it is doing — & therefore who’s most at risk — is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him.
Here’s a start.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
The government will do things that hurt people.
But knowing exactly what it is doing — & therefore who’s most at risk — is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him.
Here’s a start.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...