What…replaces the #CivilService ethos remains unclear. #ChristianNationalists want a religious state…. #Tech #authoritarians want a dictatorship of engineers, led by a monarchical CEO. #Musk & #Trump might prefer an #oligarchy that serves their business interests. Already, #DOGE has attacked at least 11 #FederalAgencies that were embroiled in regulatory fights w/Musk’s companies or were investigating them for potential violations of…workplace safety, workers’ rights, & consumer protection.

@cdarwin
If you liked Erdogan, Mohammad Bone Saw, and Hungary's Orban, you're going to love Trump 2.0, The Retribution.
#USPolitics #Trump2 #YamTits #Erdogan #MBS #Orban #Authoritarians #Dictators #Retribution #TuckersBalls

@debby
Dear citizens of The Netherlands,
Pleez don't be like us in the Untied Snakes.
We undermined and under-funded education for more than 40 years.
And all we got for it is an ignorant population, and a totalitarian party with Nazi inclinations squeaking by in our last election.
We may not see the light of day for 70 years -- if history is any guide.
Preserve and enhance YOUR educational system while YOU still are able.
Thank you.
#Netherlands #Education #Authoritarians #USPolitics

"If nothing else, the #2024election has sharply delineated the #Republican patriots from the cultists, the #democracy lovers from the #authoritarians and the courageous from the spineless."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/27/newsletter-harris-economic-policy-voters/

"Defending democracy as a public official is a harder job than it used to be – because right-wing activists have been on the attack to bring down #democracy. Intimidation is a longstanding tactic of #extremists & #authoritarians. It works, far too often. #News orgs have a dilemma, though. Will shining a light on the extremists scare off even more public servants? Or will it galvanize support for what they do?"
- @dangillmor

Referring to:
https://michiganadvance.com/2024/09/15/threats-against-public-officials-and-election-workers-spike-in-july-amid-a-climate-of-hostility/

@anneapplebaum2000 #authoritarians plays well together with each other when fighting against peoples #freedom and #democracy

"Harris in the weeks and months ahead will have plenty of material as #Trump threatens #vengeance.

She cannot be explicit enough: This is what #dictators do. If you don’t follow #DearLeader, you, too, will feel his #wrath.

That message might even be potent enough to force the #media to contextualize Trump in the long line of #authoritarians who twist the #justice system for #political ends."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/13/kamala-harris-trump-conviction-hush-money/

“The biggest innovation of 21st-century #authoritarians has been to maintain the facade of democratic #elections while at the same time tilting the rules against their opponents,” the group explains in its report, The Authoritarian Playbook. “They do this by suppressing votes & biasing, distorting, falsifying, or even overturning the results—either through capturing the referees or by manipulating the electoral rules in their favor.”

managing elections to benefit himself & his #Republican allies; gutting public broadcasting & constraining #press #freedom; & undermining civil society. #Trump, who…demanded that the results of #Georgia’s 2020…[election] be “recalculated” to give him a win, wants the trappings of #democracy w/o the reality of electoral consequences. That’s what #propaganda experts Edward Herman & Frank Brodhead described as “demonstration elections,” in which…wins are assured for the #authoritarians….