#despotism — Public Fediverse posts

The #youth of #Russia shrieks out, but the old man of Russia grumbles. He solely wants their bodies to bear fruit, or litter the floor of the battlefield.

We see Russian refugees all over #Europe, except they're not really called that. In diaspora, some may say. But they are coming.

They sing once more songs of tzars and boyars, for they have seen with their own eyes what #despotism and #fascism does to a country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dWb0N9O1gg

So freaking bleak

My News Notifications:

Reuters
#Trump purges another #Republican #critic with #Massie defeat in #Kentucky primary

NYT
Vocal #TrumpCritic Ousted
Rep #ThomasMassie of Kentucky, a prominent #GOP critic of Trump, lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

WaPo
Rep Massie loses GOP primary in Kentucky, latest casualty of Trump's #wrath

#law #Congress #elections #RevengePolitics #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #USpol

So freaking bleak

My News Notifications:

Reuters
#Trump purges another #Republican #critic with #Massie defeat in #Kentucky primary

NYT
Vocal #TrumpCritic Ousted
Rep #ThomasMassie of Kentucky, a prominent #GOP critic of Trump, lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

WaPo
Rep Massie loses GOP primary in Kentucky, latest casualty of Trump's #wrath

#law #Congress #elections #RevengePolitics #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #USpol

So freaking bleak

My News Notifications:

Reuters
#Trump purges another #Republican #critic with #Massie defeat in #Kentucky primary

NYT
Vocal #TrumpCritic Ousted
Rep #ThomasMassie of Kentucky, a prominent #GOP critic of Trump, lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

WaPo
Rep Massie loses GOP primary in Kentucky, latest casualty of Trump's #wrath

#law #Congress #elections #RevengePolitics #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #USpol

So freaking bleak

My News Notifications:

Reuters
#Trump purges another #Republican #critic with #Massie defeat in #Kentucky primary

NYT
Vocal #TrumpCritic Ousted
Rep #ThomasMassie of Kentucky, a prominent #GOP critic of Trump, lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

WaPo
Rep Massie loses GOP primary in Kentucky, latest casualty of Trump's #wrath

#law #Congress #elections #RevengePolitics #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #USpol

So freaking bleak

My News Notifications:

Reuters
#Trump purges another #Republican #critic with #Massie defeat in #Kentucky primary

NYT
Vocal #TrumpCritic Ousted
Rep #ThomasMassie of Kentucky, a prominent #GOP critic of Trump, lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

WaPo
Rep Massie loses GOP primary in Kentucky, latest casualty of Trump's #wrath

#law #Congress #elections #RevengePolitics #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #USpol

But they touch upon 2 key nerves in the body politic: The tension in a #democracy about how & to whom credit for #public works & programs should be given, & narratives of gratitude particular to #US history, including the gratitude freely offered by #immigrants & #refugees, & the forced gratitude demanded from #enslaved people.

#Trump #narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

A quotation from Alexander Hamilton

The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion, and bring on civil commotion. Tired at length of anarchy, or want of government, they may take shelter in the arms of monarchy for repose and security.

Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) American statesman, author
Letter (1792-08-18) to George Washington, Enclosure: “Objections and Answers Respecting the Administration,” Objection 14

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hamilton-alexander/7…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alexanderhamilton #civildisorder #control #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #despotism #disorder #incitement #lawlessness #republic #security #subversion #tyranny #unrest