#Coalitions organized around #symbolic #enmities and #ideological #absolutes rather than shared material interests are prone to sudden collapse” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

Opinion | The Strange Death of...
Opinion | The Strange Death of Make America Great Again

Trump has begun to recede from the movement he created.

The New York Times

https://authoritarian-stack.info/

"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc [#tech #fascists] is building the #infrastructure of #control#clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #Authoritarian #Stack. It is faster, #ideological, and fully #privatized: a regime where #corporate #boards, not public law, set the rules.

Our investigation shows how these firms now operate as #state-like powers—writing the #rules, winning the tenders, and exporting their model to Europe, where it poses a direct challenge to democratic governance"

The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

" to serve the commercial, #ideological, or #politicalInterests of a #minorConstituency, such as a particular geographic area, industry, profession, or #ideologicalGroup "

The Problem With The School of Life: Revisited

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/fLvvR1k9H6UymudfqBYuZV

« The Trump administration has now killed at least 43 people in 10 strikes against so-called drug #boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. The threat of #war against #Venezuela and the surrounding region is growing as the Pentagon deploys the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, to the Caribbean. Alejandro Velasco, associate professor at New York University, says the Latin American policy is “primarily Marco Rubio’s #ideological project,” motivated by a desire to oust the government of Venezuela and weaken the allied government of #Cuba. »
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/27/us_venezuela_maduro_trump_fabricated_war
“Rubio’s Ideological Project”: What’s Driving Trump’s Campaign Against Venezuela?

The Trump administration has now killed at least 43 people in 10 strikes against so-called drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. The threat of war against Venezuela and the surrounding region is growing as the Pentagon deploys the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, to the Caribbean. Alejandro Velasco, associate professor at New York University, says the Latin American policy is “primarily Marco Rubio’s ideological project,” motivated by a desire to oust the government of Venezuela and weaken the allied government of Cuba.

Democracy Now!
#Trump Keeps Winning at the #SupremeCourt. There Are Two Convincing #Theories Why. https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2F2025%2F10%2Ftrump-winning-supreme-court-theories-john-roberts.html #Republican# justices have very strong #ideological commitment to very very powerful #presidency. That’s what this unitary executive theory that they’re all in love with is all about. So maybe they’re doing it just because they R on board 2 it. I think there is another more cynical explanation 4 what they r doing which is that they might think that Trump’s politics may not be sustainable.
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For a summary of recent SCOTUS back-stabbings🔪, see this list from the Guardian:
“…like Congress, the Republican majority on the supreme court has lined up behind most of the president’s sweeping assertions of novel powers. [novel ~ kind of like Corona virus]
- The supreme court has #blocked lower federal court #rulings that had reined in the president’s #authority to withhold #medical research #grants for #ideological reasons.
- It has allowed the executive branch to deploy roving [masked] immigration #patrols to engage in racial #profiling
- to expel noncitizens to countries on the brink of civil wars where they could face #torture trafficking or death;
- to fire ‘non-regime-friendly’ officials (in #violation of federal law);
- to #dismantle entire departments and more.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/28/supreme-court-louisiana-v-callais?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court

Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

The Guardian

'The End of History and the Last Man is a 1992 book of #political #philosophy by American political scientist #FrancisFukuyama which argues that with the ascendancy of Western #liberal #democracy... humanity has reached "not just... the passing of a particular period of post-war #history, but the end of history as such: That is, the end-point of mankind's #ideological #evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy"'

LOL

Francis Fukayama: master #troll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man

#CfP THE IMAGINATIVE LANDSCAPE OF AI – VISIONS, POSITIONS, CONFLICTS

❓ What are the #future #visions and #imaginaries of #communications, #society, and social change in diverse #global contexts in relation to #AI, #AGI and #ComAI?

❓ Which novel #ideological positions have emerged around the specific #affordances and #dilemmas of AI?

📣 We are looking for submissions for a Special Section of the International Journal of Communication addressing questions like these:

https://comai.space/en/call-for-papers-the-imaginative-landscape-of-ai-visions-positions-conflicts-2/

Call for Papers: The Imaginative Landscape of AI – Visions, Positions, Conflicts

Few technological developments spark more debate today than artificial intelligence. From promises of human advancement to fears of existential risk, AI generat

ComAI - RU 5656 "Communicative AI"
Follow #Agent #Vikram as he navigates a #treacherous landscape of #encrypted #networks, hidden #lairs, and #ideological #warfare, racing against time to expose the architect behind the impending chaos.