#Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
#Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read.
#Nazis burned books. #Dictators censor media. That’s why #Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts
- to prevent us from learning.
It’s #fascism 101.
"NRA accidentally forgets to rise up against tyrannical government.
An embarrassed National Rifle Association says it totally forgot to do the one thing it has been saying for years it is solely there to do."
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
#WIRED
Mar 18, 2025
Professor and authoritarianism scholar #RuthBenGhiat joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about #dictators and #fascism. Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? What's the difference between a #dictatorship, an #autocracy, and #authoritarianism? What are the most common personality traits found in #tyrants and dictators? Is Xi Jinping a dictator? How do dictators amass wealth? Professor Ben-Ghiat answers these questions and many more on Tech Support: Dictator Support.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6fALsenmw
"The U.S. is now effectively a gangster state. It’s not clear whether this can ever durably revert back to the way it was."
~ Noah Smith
#gangsters #tyranny #tyrants #chaos #destruction #authoritarianism #Trump #Musk #Putin #FederalGovernment #workers #firings
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https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/america-is-ruled-by-gangsters-now
"The tyrant usually tries to destroy as many institutions as possible because they’re constraints on his power."
~ Marcel Dirsus
#tyranny #tyrants #chaos #destruction #authoritarianism #Trump #Musk #Putin #FederalGovernment #workers #firings
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/marcel-dirsus-interview-trump-how-tyrants-fall
#Brazilian president accuses Trump of seeking to be ‘emperor of the world’
Lula da #Silva stated #Trump's actions show that “he is trying to become #emperor of the world”
He's chiming in on all countries & in all public policies
Lula da Silva urged the US president to respect the #sovereignty of other nations.
Where are all the guys with cosplay guns who were getting ready to protect America from #tyrants ?
...stand by #Ukraine ... #democracy must not just cave in to the #autocrats demands !
#tyrants #fascism #humanrights #freedomofspeech #freepress #nato
#Trump & #Republicans attacking #education.
#USPol #auspol #Fascism #Fascists #Tyrants
Here’s a very good read:
Google reclassifies U.S. as ‘sensitive country’ like China, Russia
#Google’s maps division on Monday reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive country,” a designation it reserves for states with strict governments and border disputes,
Google’s list of “sensitive” countries includes:
- China
- Russia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Saudi Arabia
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/google-reclassifies-us-as-sensitive-country-like-china-russia-.html
How Trump 2.0 could herald new age of #authoritarian #capitalism
Trump’s #weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet. It must be strongly resisted
After four years of narrowly avoiding #prison, Donald #Trump is back in the White House. For many observers outside the US, the re-election of a #convicted #felon who tried to illegally overturn an election is baffling.
#FarRight #extremists, white nationalists, & neo-Nazis are celebrating an alarming gesture made by Musk
At a post-inauguration rally Monday, Elon #Musk thanked Donald #Trump’s supporters with a gesture that resembled a Roman salute, first putting his palm to his chest and then extending a stiff right arm toward the crowd, at a slight elevation and with his palm down. It wasn’t a one-off. He later repeated the gesture.
@HamonWry you think he left a mess in 2021 wait until you see 2028. Starting Jan 20, 2025 you will see America being ruled by a tyrant and his oligarchs. I couldn’t be more sad. #Tyrants #Oligarchs #uspol
#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump’s #toxicmasculinity is #killing #people.
How many more #people must #die as a result of #toxic #tyrants beating their bare #chests?
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/donald-trumps-toxic-masculinity-is-killing-people/
Bombshell Report: Elon Musk in Secret Contact w. Putin
https://newrepublic.com/post/187532/elon-musk-reaction-report-secret-putin-contact
* Musk secretly spoke to Russian leader Vladimir Putin for years
* concern: world’s richest man/Trumpist a nat. security risk to USA
WSJ links Elon Musk to reg. contact w. Putin
https://www.salon.com/2024/10/25/wall-street-journal-sinks-pal-elon-musks-denials-reports-secret-regular-contact-with-putin
* right-wing billionaires Musk, Trump
Elon Musk’s Secret Talks w. Vladimir Putin
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187
unpaywalled: https://archive.fo/6S1qC
* reg. contacts betw. world’s richest man & U.S.’ chief antagonist
* geopolitics, business, personal matters
* nat'l security concerns
Musk's contact w. Putin:Why it matters
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/here-s-a-look-at-musk-s-contact-with-putin-and-why-it-matters-1.7087382
Via #KamalaHQ @ 11:20pm EDT on Aug 22, 2024:
Vice President #Harris: I will not cozy up to #tyrants or #dictators who are rooting for #Trump. They know he is easy to manipulate. He will not hold #autocrats accountable because he wants to be one himself
#Trump has the bizarre habit of treating our enemies as allies, and our allies as enemies. He seems to believe that being friends with dictatorial #tyrants is a smart way to conduct #foreignPolicy. At the same time, he alienates our greatest allies, and acts as though they want to destroy America. This is a truly horrible way to conduct foreign policy, and it will ultimately harm the country.
#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsATraitor #wannabeDictator #VoteBlue
