Big Questions

How do civil wars start?

  
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter

Are we in the midst of a slo-mo democracy devolution happening in plain sight?

• Is the rise of tribalism, populism, nationalism and identity politics (fascism) destroying democracy worldwide?
• How do we live in a 50-50 world?
• If we don’t push back, can fascism rise unchecked?

So white nationalists, if you overthrow the federal government, what do you intend to replace it with?

• United States of Dystrumpia?
• All the states, or just a few of them?
• Are you ready for that?
• Will it be better than what we have?
• Better think this through.

Are the Russian oligarchs losing patience with Putin?

Even in dictatorships, a leader must satisfy some grouping of elites to stay in power.

Are we losing our resolve to make dictators accountable, fearing retribution in the marketplace?

You may assassinate an enemy, but it’s difficult to kill an idea.

Big Picture

Big Picture / Human Society / Politics & Government / Anarchism

Those who expose the criminality of tyranny to the public are considered dangerous and therefore targeted for a complete takedown (death), for without the pretext of legitimacy the tyranny loses credibility and has nothing left in its arsenal but fear, coercion and violence.

Chris Hedges

• anarchy:
  • Donald Trump v. The United States by Michael S. Schmidt
  • Adjustment Day Palahniuk
• anti-fascism: ANTIFA
• anti-hate: Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
• civic saturdays: Citizen University
• democracy: Suicide of the West Goldberg
• dictators have weaknesses:
  • From Dictatorship to Democracy Sharp
  • I learned early in my life that the worst democracy is infinitely better than the best-performing tyranny. — Martin Gurri
• french resistance redux: Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous! Hessel
• nazism:
  • what if nazis won WWII? The Man in the High Castle
  • in america: The Making of an American Nazi
• race war: Wilmington’s Lie Zucchino
• taking it to the streets:
  • The right to alter or abolish government is the ultimate expression of the people’s sovereignty.
  • Yellow Vests
• tyranny:
  • murder of Jamal Khashoggi: The Dissident
• what divides us: Enchanted America Oliver

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The Republican Senate is Like a Gated Golf Community

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