shadd maruna
@shaddmaruna.bsky.social
Journeyman criminologist. Formerly known as @criminology before Musk ruined everything. It only hurts when I laugh
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One of the defining features of authoritarian society is the ruthless but selective use of the machinery of repression—and associated propaganda about criminality and “order”—to immunize predatory behavior of the powerful while crushing everyone else into profitable obedience.
September 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
One of the defining features of authoritarian society is the ruthless but selective use of the machinery of repression—and associated propaganda about criminality and “order”—to immunize predatory behavior of the powerful while crushing everyone else into profitable obedience.