“Erasing History”: Yale Prof. Jason Stanley on Why Fascists Attack Education & Critical Inquiry

We speak with Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley, author of the new book Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, which examines the global rise of authoritarianism in the United States, Russia, Israel and beyond. He says attacks on education are a key part of the fascist toolkit to undermine democracy and pluralism. “They’re attacking the institutions, the universities, because the universities provide critical inquiry into the kind of myths that’s required for these kinds of politics,” says Stanley.

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‘His rhetoric has made Tesla toxic’: is Elon Musk driving away his target market?

There are signs the billionaire is becoming unpopular with the very demographic group most likely to buy EVs

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It does go too far, however, there does need to be punishments for hate speech. "Canada’s Extremist Attack on Free Speech" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/canada-online-harms-act/678605/?utm_source=feed #cdnpoli #HateSpeech #censorship #RightWingExtremeism
Canada’s Extremist Attack on Free Speech

A bill making its way through the Canadian Parliament would impose draconian criminal penalties on hate speech and curtail people’s liberty in order to stop crimes they haven’t yet committed.

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