Pamela Shifman: After Callais, #Democrats Must Bet Big on the Black-led Organizing in the South. To abandon the #South now would mean turning our backs on the very people who have consistently put everything on the line for American #democracy.
#TheContrarian #Callais #authoritianism
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/after-callais-democrats-must-bet
As the Western world increases mass surveillance, censorship, and authoritarianism, Sri Lanka is doing the right thing and going in the opposite direction.
https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Online-Safety-Bill-to-be-repealed-this-month/108-342777
#west #western #westerners #surveillance #censorship #authoritianism #fascism #srilanka #freedom #freedomofspeech #internet #web #www #socialmedia
“Our obsession with brute power has gotten us where we are now, a system where nearly 100% of American wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few men, one of whom has ascended to the highest political office (twice!) to become our very own authoritarian strongman.”
~ Alice Bolin
#Trump #Musk #authoritianism #TechBros #EconomicElites #gender #MaleEntitlement #strongman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/08/boy-geniuses-great-men-trump
This quote about suppressing civil society reminds me even more of my 2 years in China, where this is absolutely what they do.
Community groups of any kind are illegal if they're not registered with the government. The closest thing to independent community organisations is informal chat groups on WeChat, and discussions on Weibo and Douyin posts. But these platforms are totally backdoored and monitored by CCP spy agencies.
"Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership volume is a similar right-wing wish-list, but an overarching theme is the fortification of presidential power so a presumably conservative president could single-handedly impose right-wing policies on the nation. For a movement once defined by its cries against the evils of big government, this is quite the turnabout."
#politics #US #USPolitics #HeritageFoundation #authoritianism #autocracy
Bongolian
Anagārika Alāra, PhD
William Lindsey 
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Pianozzino