Edmonton musician, studio teacher, arranger, composer.
Husband and dad of 3. Interests include city council, transportation, art, government, society; former science nerd.
Since 2022-11-18 at mstdn.ca have now joined the not-a-cult beige.party
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Current events certainly inspire this kind of reaction, but know this: democracy is only ‘mostly dead’ as long as it lives on in the heart of a people willing to sacrifice, struggle, and resist for the sake of freedom.
“‘For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year’
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US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.
Worldwide, democracy has receded to its lowest levels since the mid-70s. ‘The world has never before seen as many countries autocratising at the same time’
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A record 41% (3.4 billion) of the world’s population currently resides in countries where democracy is deteriorating, the report claims, adding that Washington is leading this global turn away from democracy.”
The very fucking *least* you can do right now is not comply in advance.
Yes, I’m looking at you, tech folks.
The only thing I disagree with in this is all the breathless hyperventilating about ‘how fast’ Trump has been able to tear down democratic institutions.
“Only one year!”
It only seems that way to the poor misguided Americans who thought they lived in an exemplary and stable democracy, the ones who bought the propaganda that declared American democracy was the best in the world, instead of being a teetering castle made of sand ready to collapse in a strong wind.
*Somebody’s* big ego created a tempest in a teapot it seems…
“But the Utilities want to block them.” because democratizing power production will eat away at their monopolies.
I’m sure all the people who died will rest in peace knowing their death was for a good cause … stickin it to the libs
/s
Just be assured it’s not a cult…
👋 Hey all... trying out life at the beige.party
David Mitchell (he/him)
Married, dad to a set of mostly grown young people (but they still eat my food).
Edmonton string instructor (will wear any hat related to music).
Promoter of:
basic public health measures;
strong, integrated, compassionate communities;
simple humanitarian values.
Every person is inherently, uniquely, and infinitely valuable.
Interested in #music #art #design #civics #history #abpoli #cndpoli #yegcc #canada #yeg #edmonton #ableg #PublicHealth #science #education #WearAMask ... so like everything except professional sports I guess.
Been at mstdn.ca since 2022, moving proactively to protect my connection to y'all, just in case.
Common Sparrow
Aral Balkan