William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
2231 followers · 9917 posts · Server toad.social"As a result of this strategy, they end up surrounded by yes-men and bobbleheads who tell them what they want to hear rather than what is true, and that leads to a greater risk of catastrophic miscalculation. …
[A]nyone who thinks that killing a rival to reassert control is a show of strength, not weakness, is delusional. Strong leaders don’t need to kill their rivals, because they inspire loyalty instead."
#Putin #Prigozhin #dictators #authoritarians
William Lindsey :toad: · @wdlindsy
2231 followers · 9915 posts · Server toad.social
Brian Klaas says there are two possibilities with Prigozhin's sudden death: either Putin had him murdered (extremely likely) or it was an accident (highly unlikely). But dictators pay a high price for behaving this way. Klaas writes
"Last year, writing in The Atlantic, I explained what I call 'the dictator trap.'”
#Putin #Prigozhin #dictators #authoritarians
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https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/prigozhin-is-dead-but-putin-is-now
#Putin #Prigozhin #dictators #authoritarians
Picture The South · @picturethesouth
166 followers · 352 posts · Server mstdn.socialI sorta miss the "Good Old Days" of the 1940's. When #Nazis, #fascists and #authoritarians had the good sense to bite into a cyanide capsule when the Walls Justice started closing in.
#authoritarians #fascists #nazis
LeighG · @BluegrassRoots
181 followers · 858 posts · Server mstdn.social
Peter Bronez · @PeterBronez
246 followers · 1386 posts · Server hachyderm.ioCurrent ideological options aren’t good enough!
The #nazis are unproductive reactionaries retreating into hate and fear.
The #neoliberals are sitting on a pile of gold, fiddling while the world burns.
The #Communists (at least those who run countries) are just #authoritarians in Red, sitting next to the Neoliberals on the gold pile of oblivion.
The #environmentalists have the right idea but tend to under-value People in general and #democracy specifically.
🧵4/5
#nazis #neoliberals #communists #authoritarians #environmentalists #democracy
LeighG · @BluegrassRoots
169 followers · 789 posts · Server mstdn.social
LeighG · @BluegrassRoots
169 followers · 788 posts · Server mstdn.social
Latest blog post: https://bluegrassnotes.wordpress.com/?p=10011
#SCOTUS #Authoritarians
steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
270 followers · 8934 posts · Server masto.aiBreaking Bread with #Authoritarians
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/06/26/patrick-lawrence-breaking-bread-with-authoritarians/
SLCW💥 · @slcw
191 followers · 2840 posts · Server newsie.socialWe are now at the stage where #authoritarians have moved from saying "#Hitler was wrong", to "Hitler was right about one thing." The next step is to follow #Kanye West's lead and drop the "about one thing."
#GOPfascists #Christofascists #ChristianNationalism #education
#authoritarians #hitler #kanye #GOPfascists #christofascists #ChristianNationalism #Education
Zee · @zyz
106 followers · 4346 posts · Server mas.toIs anyone really surprised by the #political implosion that #Prigozhin is bringing to #Putin’s doorstep, in #Moscow?
It was a slow burn, but the #conflict was inevitable.
You can’t have two #authoritarians in control of the same people or #territory
The question will be “who controls the #bombs?”
#Wagner #insurrection: Live updates as Putin faces #uprising
#uprising #insurrection #wagner #Ukraine #bombs #territory #authoritarians #conflict #moscow #putin #prigozhin #political
TeamRose · @SusannaShakespeare
308 followers · 5339 posts · Server mas.to@dmacphee Dr. Peter J. Hotez is such a respected & respectful…
Honorable, kind & brilliant man of #science.
Delivering necessary info..direct to folks in understandable ways…
A valuable resource indeed, deserves our support & thanks.
Always remember…#authoritarians attack experts, so as to undermine #fact & science…
Because a citizenry, w/direct access to #academic & scientific expertise…
Is a threat to their accumulation of #power &💰!!!
#power #academic #fact #authoritarians #science
LeighG · @BluegrassRoots
169 followers · 765 posts · Server mstdn.social
Zee · @zyz
99 followers · 3664 posts · Server mas.toWow! I can’t believe that #golf is now the #game of #authoritarians
#PGA Tour- #LIVGolf #merger explained: What to know about deal
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2023/06/07/pga-liv-golf-merger-explained/70294205007/
#merger #LIVGolf #pga #authoritarians #game #golf
Justice💙:toad: LICSW · @justiceLICSW
743 followers · 2436 posts · Server toad.socialWhat is the brain like
Of #authoritarians?
A scan might show holes 🤯
Lack of #Empathy
It did not start with them, no
They became that way 🥺
It’s a projection
A lifetime of unmet needs
Taken out on us 😫
#haiku #fascism #complextrauma #abuse #vote #empathy #SilenceIsComplicity
#authoritarians #empathy #haiku #fascism #complextrauma #abuse #Vote #silenceiscomplicity
Dragonfly · @Ultraverified
74 followers · 859 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgVoting for people who make you fear more than hope for the future is a self-fulfilling prophetic choice. You vote to create a future Hell you consign yourself and you loved ones to.
#Republicans
#authoritarians
#corruptBastards
#pervertedReligiousFanatics
#fascists
#bigots
Remind folks on social security, disability, veterans benefits and other government assistance how Payback, as they say, is a Bitch.
#debtceiling #default #republicans #authoritarians #corruptbastards #pervertedreligiousfanatics #fascists #bigots
Oliphaunt 🇫🇮 · @oliphaunt
53 followers · 1530 posts · Server liberdon.comThe social democratic party should rename itself to the communist party, there is no such a thing as socialism with democracy
#communism #capitalism #politics #authoritarians #democracy
#communism #capitalism #politics #authoritarians #democracy
Zee · @zyz
84 followers · 2720 posts · Server mas.to@therobburgessshow it’s not #irony. It’s a collective of #traitorous #authoritarians feeding off one another and #programming an army of #sycophants.
At least that’s how I see it
Actually- I’d say that they are more like traitorous #anarchists, if I’m going to give my honest #opinion
Either way, I look at #musk as an analogue. His chaotic- excuse me- “Mercurial” way of making things up as he goes along is constant evidence of why I can’t #trust people peddling their… stuff
#trust #Musk #opinion #anarchists #sycophants #programming #authoritarians #traitorous #irony
Mark W. Alexander · @AnonymooseGuy
162 followers · 1573 posts · Server mas.toNo, it's not the #Pandemic.
It's a decades long war on #PublicSchools by #Authoritarians that use it to control the population and squeeze more money out of the system.
History, civics scores drop on national test for U.S. students : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173432887/history-and-civics-scores-drop-for-u-s-eighth-graders-on-national-test
#authoritarians #publicschools #pandemic
Laloofah 🌱 · @Laloofah
107 followers · 675 posts · Server mstdn.social
