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#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.
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
On this day, 2068 years ago, Roman Senators stabbed Julius Caesar to death in the Senate Chamber for turning the Roman Republic into a monarchy.
It didn't end the new monarchy, but it was worth the shot and remains an inspirational example for the fight against tyrants, and bitch got what he deserved.
Trump a Russian Asset
Earlier this week, #British lawmaker Graham Stuart raised the possibility that the president of the United States, Donald #Trump, had been groomed by the #Kremlin’s security services over a period of decades
“We have to consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset. If so, Trump’s acquisition is the crowning achievement of #Putin’s FSB career, and Europe is on its own”
#Maxar Technologies restricts Ukraine’s access to satellite imagery
Move follows US decision to halt #intelligence sharing with Ukraine
According to #Militarnyi, the restriction was imposed under an order from U.S. President Donald #Trump's administration, with the State Department prohibiting U.S. companies from providing #satellite #data to #Ukraine.
#Trump #concedes to #Russia before #Ukraine #peace #talks begin - Al Jazeera
Robert Hamilton analyses the US-Ukraine fallout—are Russia talks taking a dangerous turn for Europe and Ukraine?
Robert Hamilton, at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, breaks down the US-Ukraine fallout — are the negotiations with Russia taking a dangerous turn for Europe and Ukraine?
"Democracies can survive a lot, but they collapse when soldiers, police officers, and intelligence agents no longer serve the state ... that's sort of the absolute worst-case scenario."
#coup #tyrants #uspol #Trump #TrumpCrimeSyndicate
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/marcel-dirsus-interview-trump-how-tyrants-fall
"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.
#Aquinas observes that "#tyrants are more afraid of good people than of evil people." The #Antichrist prefers bad people to good people.
https://www.matthewfox.org/donation-store/trump-the-maga-movement-as-anti-christ-a-handbook-for-the-2024-election
#47ParrotsPutinsUkraineLies
#47WouldLoveDictatorZelenskyy
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
Important article about trump being helped by techbros to attack migrants & refugees.
Next will come attacks on others whom he hates like climate activists & whistle blowers!
Sadly the social buttons under the article are to the bloody techbros!
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/2/9/big-tech-is-powering-trumps-immigration-crackdown
@SuperMoosie This is the reason why he wants regulations to be abolished.
The least he can expect is, that we do not complain when the debris hits our kids.
#musk #tyrants
To my #American friends...
As your neighbour, I thought you would want to know -- we've been looking over to your side of the fence, and your tree of liberty is looking a little parched.
It's probably time to water it. It could stand a little refreshment.
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
#Tyrants will always be drawn to powerful positions and will always find a pretext for their tyranny. #Folklore is one of the modes of #resistance readily available to us, and there is a reason it always flourishes in times of social unrest and #oppression.
folklorethursday.com/folklore-fol...
Folklore as a Mode of Tyrannic...