#Democracy

Eamon Javers

EamonJavers

This is such an important point. The far-off scenarios here of a sci-fi dystopian economy are grim, but even the short term implications are stark. Just take self driving cars.

steamedhamms

steamedhamms

RT Its interesting to read obituaries to Shirley Williams and reflect on just how far the meaning of "social democracy" has shifted in past 40 years. Jenkins et al,

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

1. I assume McConnell et al have given up on being challenged, let alone exposed by the Ds, for the stuff he's done in the Senate. It's the only explanation

Nowhere Girl

Gwynnion

Shitting on Democrats is a very lucrative grift on the left and right, and I say that as someone who finds Democrats frustrating and frequently disappointing. Democrats haven't moved as

Rhuta Bhayga

RhutaBhayga2

HATE Joe? HATE what the Democratic Party "did to Bernie", think Joe Biden is a "hateful 'Corporate Democrat" or a "Neo-Liberal" or "Too old" or "Declining" or anything else .

Conor Fitzgerald

fitzfromdublin

Current reading. A bit academic looking but every book on the decline of liberalism and democracy I’ve read in the last few years has referenced it in some form so

John Stoehr's Editorial Board

johnastoehr

Whoever told McConnell to shut it is suggesting that corporate leaders are not going to budge from the position they have taken with respect to voting and democracy.https://stoehr.substack.com/p/will-the-big-business-wing-of-the?r=5msd&

Shannen Dee Williams, Ph.D.

BlkNunHistorian

#OTD in 1965, Fr. Harold Perry, SVD was appointed the auxiliary bishop of New Orleans, becoming the 1st self-identified #BlackCatholic bishop in the US. At his ordination, white Catholic segregationists

dog respecter ☭

dog_respecter

Everyone interested in China should read the CCP's theoretical journal, many articles of which are translated to English at http://english.qstheory.cn .It is filled with excellent and advanced Marxist analysis, and provides

Tushar Agarwal

agatushar96

@PMOIndia @AmitShah @ianuragthakur @rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi @HMOIndia Respected Sirs,This is an open letter to the highest authorities of India. For long, our democracy has been taken for granted. (1/n) Looking at

Anna Galland

annagalland

There's so much momentum in the mass movement to toss Trump and the GOP out of office. You can see it in all the voting selfies & record-shattering early vote

limeonaire🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️black lives matter

limeonaire

"Would so many outlets really reprint claims so obviously false, knowing that repetition, even in the process of rebuttal, was what made the lies linger?"I'm reminded of a 2018 Wash.

David Hazony

davidhazony

One major difference between democracy and ultra-Orthodoxy (authoritarianism) is that the former was built to work even when leaders are self-serving, duplicitous, and often stupid; the latter only works when

Holly Jarman-I voted-PhD

h_jarman

1) The GSA has allowed the transition to begin. But let’s all be crystal clear- no one should be celebrating the outcome of the election as the victory of a

Shannon Baker

Shan_Bake

.@HarvardAsh convened a conversation yesterday with @DavidCallahanIP, @CHayling, @garalog, Julie Fernandes, and @meganfrancis about #philanthropy and race, mobilization & the #2020election. I’ve been thinking about it since. At the

dylan matthews

dylanmatt

From 1870-1900, Mississippi and South Carolina were majority black and many other states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana) were near-majority.Majoritarian democracy at that time would've meant durable coalitions of black and