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  1. Haven't listen to Surviving Society podcast for a while. So, now listening to a Aaron Winter reflecting on the arguments and themes in his and Aurelien Mondon's book, Reactionary Democracy: How racism and the populist far-right became mainstream.

    Very clarifying how racisms function in how a democracy moves from liberal to authoritarian or illiberal; how these two forms can exist together as we see now; how racism works to get people to vote against their own interests, and much more.

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLoEaha7

    #FreeSpeechLaw #StateTotalitarianism #BurkiniBan #islamophobia #IlliberalDemocracy #racism #corporatism #capitalism #ReactionaryDemocracy #WhiteWorkingClass #RacismIsClassWar #DivideAndRule #supremacy #austerity #AaronWinter #Whiteness #analysis #GBNews #media #CultureWar #SurvivingSociety #podcast

  2. Haven't listen to Surviving Society podcast for a while. So, now listening to a Aaron Winter reflecting on the arguments and themes in his and Aurelien Mondon's book, Reactionary Democracy: How racism and the populist far-right became mainstream.

    Very clarifying how racisms function in how a democracy moves from liberal to authoritarian or illiberal; how these two forms can exist together as we see now; how racism works to get people to vote against their own interests, and much more.

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLoEaha7

    #FreeSpeechLaw #StateTotalitarianism #BurkiniBan #islamophobia #IlliberalDemocracy #racism #corporatism #capitalism #ReactionaryDemocracy #WhiteWorkingClass #RacismIsClassWar #DivideAndRule #supremacy #austerity #AaronWinter #Whiteness #analysis #GBNews #media #CultureWar #SurvivingSociety #podcast

  3. @Mer__edith I think that one would prepare such legislation if one thinks that civil discourse will become illegal under coming legislation and there are no measures at the moment to censor accordingly. There seems to be a shift towards state power over people, towards taking control over communication. This meddles with and breaks the basic interpersonal fabric of our relationships being personal. As such it drives division between the people. #divideandrule is not in serving the people.

  4. @JohnLoader6 @IndyRichard @steviesyerda @bbcnews it would probably make for a more healthy country if we were all able to access each other’s news services. The current policy of ghettoisation does not add transparency and understanding. #DivideAndRule

  5. @JohnLoader6 @IndyRichard @steviesyerda @bbcnews it would probably make for a more healthy country if we were all able to access each other’s news services. The current policy of ghettoisation does not add transparency and understanding. #DivideAndRule

  6. @pvonhellermannn
    Thanks for tooting the #divideAndRule element, it's something we've gone to some lengths to point out over the years.

    Talking about #colonialism, we must mention:

    1) The outlet #Counterpunch goes through #CloudFlare, a mega corporation being silently permitted to take over the internet under the pretext of protecting against bots (#DDOS).

    2) @haiku_shelf Please don't help #dogCoinPusher colonise an entire letter of the alphabet with their #rebrand of #twxtSite. 😉

    #privacy

  7. @pvonhellermannn
    Thanks for tooting the #divideAndRule element, it's something we've gone to some lengths to point out over the years.

    Talking about #colonialism, we must mention:

    1) The outlet #Counterpunch goes through #CloudFlare, a mega corporation being silently permitted to take over the internet under the pretext of protecting against bots (#DDOS).

    2) @haiku_shelf Please don't help #dogCoinPusher colonise an entire letter of the alphabet with their #rebrand of #twxtSite. 😉

    #privacy

  8. @Codeberg @hexaheximal
    Well done!

    It looks like the #dotCons are going down the partisan path, with #DogCoinPusher doing the Fox side and BlueSky, the CNN side. Togather they'll continue the old #divideAndRule, bi-partisan model. Toxic. Time to move to federated.

    If interested, here's a fediverse icon (and repo) anyone may use (and/or mirror) on Codeberg :) Its more accurate to say Fediverse over Mastodon.

    git.disroot.org/fediOrigami/fe

  9. @Codeberg
    Well done!

    It looks like the #dotCons are going down the partisan path. So DogCoinPusher will do the Fox side and BlueSky will do the CNN side and togather they will continue the old #divideAndRule, bi-partisan model. Toxic. Time to move to federated.

    If interested, here's a fediverse icon (and repo) anyone may use (and/or mirror) on Codeberg :) Its more accurate to say Fediverse over Mastodon.

    git.disroot.org/fediOrigami/fe

  10. @CyclingJourno @Sc0tty Let's be clear - the Tories like to blame someone else as a way of distracting the public from the dynamics of capitalist inequality and extractivism. 1970s/80s - blame the Unions and flog off pulbic assets, 2010s blame Gordon Brown and impose austerity, 2015 blame Europe, 2021 blame the pandemic, 2022 blame Truss, 2023 - blame the public sector unions & migrants. #DivideAndRule

  11. Normal Island News

    Mizzy has taken Meghan Markle's place as gammon enemy no. 1
    Mizzy is now to blame for everything bad that happens over the next 12 months

    Meghan Markle is understood to be hugely relieved that the media have found a new villain to blame for every problem in society in the form of Mizzy.

    open.substack.com/pub/normalis

    #NormalIslandNews #journalism #RightWingMedia #fascism #DivideAndRule

  12. GOVERNMENT

    > Approves large scale removal of large #trees.

    > Blames people's pets (mostly #cats, but also #dogs re lizard populations) for the loss of local #wildlife in the area, while downplaying #habitatLoss via human expansion and #overdevelopment.

    #hypocrisy #pets #divideAndRule #auspol #australia

  13. GOVERNMENT

    > Approves large scale removal of large #trees.

    > Blames people's pets (mostly #cats, but also #dogs re lizard populations) for the loss of local #wildlife in the area, while downplaying #habitatLoss via human expansion and #overdevelopment.

    #hypocrisy #pets #divideAndRule #auspol #australia

  14. CW: UK/US Pos

    Davis stabbed 18yr old #Indiana University student out of the blue as she was getting off the bus in Bloomington, Indiana.

    She tried justifying attacking #asianamerican girl with a folding knife; “It would be 1 less person to blow up our country", truly angered presence of #Chinese people.

    m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/

    "By #demonising #refugees, HS causes divisions that can lead to tragedy. We must not forget the lessons of the past" #dehumanising #divideandrule

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  15. @yaaps @vidak
    Other names for "so-called left" include #identityLeft", which kicked in the distract from #Fakebook paying off #MurdochRags and #legacyMedia earlier in the years.

    That Facebook #bribery should have caused a #protest.

    #distraction #restrictTheFrame #divideAndRule

  16. @njoseph

    #Corporations don't need to offer growth or a good #qualityOfLife if they can give people an enemy. Then people will work as slaves and work to death. The two enemies, #COVID19 and #China, or to use the #MikePompeo euphemism, #CPP, are a strong combo, the #identityLeft will dob in #badNeighbour for not wearing mask, the #right will dob in those who sympathise with Chinese.

    Together you have complete #divideAndRule.

  17. @thor
    3/3

    - pit #neighbourAgainstNeighbour (increase #divideAndRule and #tribalism, see #maskDebate as one example),
    - increase #bureaucracy (some might call these #protections) in the #publicHealth,
    - reduce other protections (that get in the way of #corporations profits), while maintaining them for #islands/#sanctuaries