#Democracy

Elliott Downing

elliott_downing

I got my ballot in the mail today, spent a leisurely hour filling it out at my kitchen table, and took it to a drop box located within a convenient

Filipe Brito Bastos

F_Brito_Bastos

Rules of procedure - QMV and unanimity - exist for a reason. Can we really imagine a scenario where the frugals, knowing they'd be outvoted anyway, would become more cooperative?

Amaryah S. Armstrong

amaryah_sa

Angela Davis is making a materialist argument for voting for Biden which is different from a moralist one. If you don't buy into voting as the romance of representation and

China Xinjiang Core Association Pakistan

XinjiangGateway

The passage & signing of HK Human Rights & Democracy Act & Placing Restrictions on Teargas Exports & Crowd-control Technology to HK Act have gone beyond mere interference in domestic affairs. Maybe

Rabbi Ruti Regan 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

RutiRegan

This — and it’s not just radical or anti-Zionist groups that feel this way.It’s common and normal for millennials to feel that their Hebrew school or day school education about

Maitreya Bhakal

MaitreyaBhakal

The election results in Hong Kong - as well as in other democracies like India and US - raise an important question:Is democracy - with universal suffrage - simply mob

Andrew Hunter Murray

andrewhunterm

Living in the UK, I've never had to wait more than ten minutes to vote. Seeing footage of people being forced to wait for hours on end, *not even on

Chrissy Stroop

C_Stroop

Thread: some updates and highlights for followers new and old!I've been somewhat quiet #OnHere lately, but this interview is one of the things I've been working on, and I'm quite

Uncle Blazer

blakesmustache

Thread: Note to SCOTUSWe get you’re concerned about Congress and state prosecutors issuing bullshit subpoenas to harass the POTUS, but Trump is a fucking criminal and *these* subpoenas are *not*

Molly McGrath

votermolly

The voting tragedy here in Wisconsin is unjust, but my anger has turned into profound sadness that our institutions have failed us so spectacularly. More than ever, all we can

Hoploo

hoploo1

“Gee, why are people so depressed?”-State subsidization of single motherhood & promiscuity-Police state breeding mistrust in communities-Drug war trapping people in legal industrial complex-Political parties fostering cultural rivalries to get

Big Brother Watch

BigBrotherWatch

NEWS: We must now all abide by new “lockdown” Regulations in force as of today, just published. There are some big problems.1They don’t make much sense2Yet fines have hugely increased3They’ve

🏴 bauhinia black

bauhiniablack

Hong Kong Q&A Thread:Q1: Is Hong Kong a democracy?A: Hong Kong has never had a real democracy, neither under British rule or Chinese rule. Leaders have always been chosen/vetted by

CrimethInc.

crimethinc

Like the gun-waving couple from St. Louis who spoke last night in the Republican National Convention, 17-year-old murderer Kyle Rittenhouse is the face of Trump's Republican Party and the joint

Ben

BenMarten

I came to this country because I believed in an idea. The idea is that every single person does contribute to the greater good. Contributing to the greater good in

adri

poutyfliez

STOP FUCKING IGNORING HISPANIC ISSUES. COLOMBIA IS GETTING KILLED AND BURNED BY ITS OWN GOVERNMENT. MEXICO IS GRIEVING AND ABOUT TO GET INTO A DROUGHT. ARGENTINA IS BURNING. PERÚ’S PRESIDENCY