But there doesn't seem to be any way to fix it. For one thing, the two parties are in charge of any reform, and they're in no hurry to put themselves out of business. It's effectively impossible for a third party to gain any serious power in the USA, and that's by design. After the leftist #Populists party came within a spitting distance of power in the 1890s, the Dems and Repubs got together and cooked the system, banning #FusionVoting and erecting other structural barriers.

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Slartboz

treason, serial lying and gaslighting all happen to be among the set of lesson topics in the edu-game I've been building in my free time: Slartboz

if any Americans happen to be interested in those things today

on this particular day of days

#Slartboz

#treason
#traitors
#criminals
#mobsters
#seriallying
#serialliar
#lies
#liars
#gaslighting
#propaganda
#populists
#fascists
#sedition
#insurrection
#sabotage

« Like their political counterparts, #science #populists are sources of misinformation. They promote false crises, while presenting themselves as having the answers. They understand the seduction of a story well told—relentlessly seeking to expand their audience—never mind that the underlying science is warped in the pursuit of fame and influence ».

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/07/the-dangerous-populist-science-of-yuval-noah-harari

#harari #histodons

"#Dorries said: “The solution to most problems in politics are usually quite simple – you need the right leader, you need the right vision and you need to make people feel inspired" (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/13/tory-anarchy-breaks-out-as-revolt-looms-on-brexit-laws) -
echoing the calls of #Totalitarians and #Populists.
In an increasingly interwoven and interdependent world, wrestling with ancient and intractable human problems, alongside more recent existential threats, the very notion that solutions are simple is delusional and a danger to democracy

eicker.news #technews »What #ElonMusk and #TuckerCarlson have in common: Over the last six years, both men adopted #DonaldTrump-like tactics. Both remade themselves as toxic #populists. Both would come to be defined by outright #lies and unapologetic #cruelty. Both promoted #conspiracytheories and nurtured #conspiracytheorists. Both seemed untouchable, cultivating an air of invincibility within their #rightwing filter bubbles.« https://mashable.com/article/tucker-carlson-elon-musk

Good morning world,

It's wonderful, isn't it, that someone is always awake?
While researching my new book, I came across a video that plays into the topic. Since it's a #propaganda video, so that's what I think it is, it was also popular and high on #Twitter among #populists.
This video is supposed to show the #truck #demonstrations in #Canada in #January #2022.

Who can tell me more about this? Is it pure propaganda, or is it real? Which #party is behind it?

Thanks for your #help!

Good morning world,

It's wonderful, isn't it, that someone is always awake?
While researching my new book, I came across a video that plays into the topic. Since it's a #propaganda video, so that's what I think it is, it was also popular and high on #Twitter among #populists.
This video is supposed to show the #truck #demonstrations in #Canada in #January #2022.

Who can tell me more about this? Is it pure propaganda, or is it real? Which #party is behind it?

Thanks for your #help!

Rightward slide in the #Netherlands: The country moves even further #right in its provincial elections by the #populists of the #BBB. The party instantly became the strongest political force in the country. #DenHag https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/niederlande-provinz-wahlen-verluste-fuer-koalition-von-mark-rutte-gewinne-fuer-bauer-buerger-bewegung-bbb-a-4f1a7a75-a854-4eb7-a658-1a95f3657d99

Finally online 😍 In "#Populists’ Use of Nostalgia: A #SupervisedMachineLearning Approach" (https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19063), Lena Clever, Tim Wulf
Tim_Wildschut, Constantin Sedikides & I 1st developed a 🇩🇪 classifier to detect #nostalgia appeals using a psychologically-grounded approach and 2nd applied this classifier to the FB-posts of all big 🇩🇪 parties in 2019. Results show (a) psych matters & (b) populists know about the value of nostalgia=> Democratic memories are needed! We hope you like it!

Finally there😍 In "#Populists’ Use of Nostalgia: A #SupervisedMachineLearning Approach" Lena Clever, Tim Wulf
Tim_Wildschut, Constantin Sedikides & I first developed a 🇩🇪c lassifier to detect #nostalgia appeals using a psychologically-grounded approach for the training data (#textanalytics). We then applied this classifier to the FB-posts of all big 🇩🇪 parties in 2019

hi
@samy
the politicians never understood silent #airborne transmission of #biohazards

what is the rational to mandate visitors & not personal treating #vulnerables to wear a mask?

the personal has a life appart to its work,
family, kids, grand/-parents

#endemic, mutating #BSL3Z airborne transmissible biohazards
like #SarsCov2 & #monkeypox are obligate #mitigation measures 😷 P3 risk control

#surveillance, #awareness

hold the #populists accountable

we arent prepared for what is coming👀

I hate utility companies and how much they profit. I want my own home w/solar panels some day.

Yesterday I briefly lectured on public ownership of transportation and utilities, a policy the #Progressives took from the #Populists. It would be nice if we fully realized that goal.

Glad to hear that the #czech republic rejected #populism

Populism is a stain on humanity, but 20% of any country's population will always be stupid enough to vote for the bigmouth who claims to have easy fixes for complex (real or imagined) problems.

That means that in any election, #populists only need to try and convince 30% of fence sitters to give them a try. This is why #mainstream parties cannot afford to let the electorate down. Ever.

Right-wing #populists and #nationalists in Europe’s east and beyond are increasingly using claims of historical and cultural victimhood to mobilise their voters, silence their critics and attack their political opponents, explains researcher Jessie Barton Hronesova.

https://balkaninsight.com/2023/01/06/were-the-victims-how-populists-use-fear-and-pride-to-mobilise-support/

@histodons #Histodons #Holocaustdistortion #Holocaustobfuscation #Holocaust

⚔️ Could #Vox mount a Jan 6 #MAGA or a Jan 8 #Bolsonaro insurrection in #Spain? #Abascal is on Trump's populist global MAGA team but what would he do with all of those years of rhetoric against Catalan separatist national #populists? #politics #trump #bolsonaro #brazil #jan6

https://thespainreport.substack.com/p/could-vox-mount-a-jan-6-maga-or-a

#Bolsonaro instead of handing over power in a democratic fashion, chose to be with #Trump last weekend...now today a copycat January 6th style attack on the Presidential Palace and Supreme Court is taking place.

#Populists have no interest in or upholding
#democracy.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/jair-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-presidential-palace-and-supreme-court

So it's not just me saying it...

After #Brexit and Trump, rightwing #populists cling to power – but the truth is they can’t govern https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/06/brexit-trump-populists-power-us-republicans-tory-party

After #Brexit and #Trump, #rightwing #populists cling to power – but the truth is they can’t #govern

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/06/brexit-trump-populists-power-us-republicans-tory-party

The Bunker
Strongmen behaving badly – The changing face of #populists

An interesting #Podcast

Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins @SturdyAlex to explore how #authoritarianism has changed over time, and why the greatest strengths of ‘strongmen’ could also be their biggest downfall. “Leader personality cults often present them as omnipotent.” “The same instincts of these leaders to win followers domestically can cause their downfall on the international stage.” 

Link🔗https://pod.link/1496246490/episode/3f24ced8032976e37256584131f07886

#Ukraine

So, #BorisJohnson thinks the UK is the best place on earth.

Unless, that is, you need to:

• Call an ambulance
• Catch a train
• Schedule a GP appointment
• See a doctor at A&E
• Book a driving test
• Export to the EU
• Find decent social care
• Buy your first home
• Recruit staff for hospitality work
• Find affordable childcare
• use the police force

But apart from that, what have the #Tories done for the UK?

Tories are a bunch of #delusional #populists!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jan/03/uk-rail-strikes-transport-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-latest-live-news