#liberalism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #liberalism, aggregated by home.social.
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The disintegration of liberalism and 'postliberal disillusionment'
* "That sound you hear is not the world ending – it’s liberalism being monstered liberalism. Liberalism defines almost our entire social and political order in the west."
"Broad, deep, relentless. And what matters most is the compounding effect: a near-constant sense of crisis in almost every sphere of life."
“... It is the vehicle for this fury that is directed towards the major parties because of this very long sense of neglect and social economic disempowerment that has become so profound."
"It turns out most of us no longer believe in progress...When people stop believing in progress, it quickly becomes a crisis for societies like ours. Our political order was built on the promise of expanding wealth and greater control over our lives. It said we could dream big, then pursue those dreams, and that if we didn’t achieve them, maybe our children would."
"As disillusionment sets in, there is no shortage of culprits. One possibility is to tell a story about capitalism, which generates gaping inequalities and destroys the planet." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/07/waleed-aly-time-of-monsters-future-liberalism-essay* The medicalisation of social problems is the sociological process by which everyday human experiences, behaviors, and societal challenges come to be defined, labeled, and treated as medical conditions or disorders
* "Post-traumatic embitterment disorder
is a pathological response to a single adverse life event perceived by the affected individual as a serious insult, humiliation, or injustice."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_embitterment_disorder
#liberalism #progress #CoreValues #inequality #injustice #experiences #disintegration #disillusionment #failure #democracy #erosion #CommonGood #decline #ressentiment #fury #medicalisation #PostliberalDisillusionment #retrograde #PostLiberalism #polycrisis -
@TheDavePakmanShow
Is a post-Trump COLLAPSE inevitable?
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Liberalism ante portas - Debates and Sources
https://serdargunes.wordpress.com/2023/09/13/liberalism-ante-portas-debates-and-sources/
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Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
TL;DR - voting for who we hand The People's Power to is what got us here & after they get rid of us, they'll come for you next. So unless you wanna fight these mfers alone, recognize what's happening and get active. And to reiterate, voting isn't action.
All Power to The People!
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I'll take responsibility for my part in this due to my refusing to vote when you're ready to admit that doing nothing but voting is what got us here.
I'm so tired of watching people act horrified who would have excused this attack on Iran if it had been Kamala, just how y'all excused her lack of action for Palestine. And we all know she would have done the same thing, she would've just been more tactful about it. If not Iran it would have been another of NetAndYahoo's targets (I refuse to look that monster's name up)
We're the axis powers now, and have been since WWII ended. The irony is disgustingly thick, a Jewish state and the alleged bastions of freedom doing the thing we supposedly destroyed. Cartoon villain shit.
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Y'all may have the luxury of waiting for things to get more fucked before you decide to (literally) fight back, but many of us don't. We'll all be dead by the time you mfers decide it's bad enough, so have fun living for as long as these sick fucks let you. You're next, just for voting for their opposition.
The only reason you're not a target now is because you are quite literally the least threatening people on the planet. Thanks for being our cover for so long, I guess. They thought we were quivering rich liberals for a long time, and it made them easy to catch off guard.
#downwithempire & #downwithcapitalism whether it's red, blue, pink, or any other color. This isn't sports, quit rooting for teams you're not on!
#PowerToThePeople #AllPowerToThePeople
#LoveMeImALiberal #liberalism #cowardice #votedmyselftodeath #BlueInTheFace #BlueNoMatterWho
#Iran #freeiran #congo #freecongo #palestine #freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea
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TL;DR - voting for who we hand The People's Power to is what got us here & after they get rid of us, they'll come for you next. So unless you wanna fight these mfers alone, recognize what's happening and get active. And to reiterate, voting isn't action.
All Power to The People!
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I'll take responsibility for my part in this due to my refusing to vote when you're ready to admit that doing nothing but voting is what got us here.
I'm so tired of watching people act horrified who would have excused this attack on Iran if it had been Kamala, just how y'all excused her lack of action for Palestine. And we all know she would have done the same thing, she would've just been more tactful about it. If not Iran it would have been another of NetAndYahoo's targets (I refuse to look that monster's name up)
We're the axis powers now, and have been since WWII ended. The irony is disgustingly thick, a Jewish state and the alleged bastions of freedom doing the thing we supposedly destroyed. Cartoon villain shit.
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Y'all may have the luxury of waiting for things to get more fucked before you decide to (literally) fight back, but many of us don't. We'll all be dead by the time you mfers decide it's bad enough, so have fun living for as long as these sick fucks let you. You're next, just for voting for their opposition.
The only reason you're not a target now is because you are quite literally the least threatening people on the planet. Thanks for being our cover for so long, I guess. They thought we were quivering rich liberals for a long time, and it made them easy to catch off guard.
#downwithempire & #downwithcapitalism whether it's red, blue, pink, or any other color. This isn't sports, quit rooting for teams you're not on!
#PowerToThePeople #AllPowerToThePeople
#LoveMeImALiberal #liberalism #cowardice #votedmyselftodeath #BlueInTheFace #BlueNoMatterWho
#Iran #freeiran #congo #freecongo #palestine #freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea
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TL;DR - voting for who we hand The People's Power to is what got us here & after they get rid of us, they'll come for you next. So unless you wanna fight these mfers alone, recognize what's happening and get active. And to reiterate, voting isn't action.
All Power to The People!
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I'll take responsibility for my part in this due to my refusing to vote when you're ready to admit that doing nothing but voting is what got us here.
I'm so tired of watching people act horrified who would have excused this attack on Iran if it had been Kamala, just how y'all excused her lack of action for Palestine. And we all know she would have done the same thing, she would've just been more tactful about it. If not Iran it would have been another of NetAndYahoo's targets (I refuse to look that monster's name up)
We're the axis powers now, and have been since WWII ended. The irony is disgustingly thick, a Jewish state and the alleged bastions of freedom doing the thing we supposedly destroyed. Cartoon villain shit.
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Y'all may have the luxury of waiting for things to get more fucked before you decide to (literally) fight back, but many of us don't. We'll all be dead by the time you mfers decide it's bad enough, so have fun living for as long as these sick fucks let you. You're next, just for voting for their opposition.
The only reason you're not a target now is because you are quite literally the least threatening people on the planet. Thanks for being our cover for so long, I guess. They thought we were quivering rich liberals for a long time, and it made them easy to catch off guard.
#downwithempire & #downwithcapitalism whether it's red, blue, pink, or any other color. This isn't sports, quit rooting for teams you're not on!
#PowerToThePeople #AllPowerToThePeople
#LoveMeImALiberal #liberalism #cowardice #votedmyselftodeath #BlueInTheFace #BlueNoMatterWho
#Iran #freeiran #congo #freecongo #palestine #freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea
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TL;DR - voting for who we hand The People's Power to is what got us here & after they get rid of us, they'll come for you next. So unless you wanna fight these mfers alone, recognize what's happening and get active. And to reiterate, voting isn't action.
All Power to The People!
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I'll take responsibility for my part in this due to my refusing to vote when you're ready to admit that doing nothing but voting is what got us here.
I'm so tired of watching people act horrified who would have excused this attack on Iran if it had been Kamala, just how y'all excused her lack of action for Palestine. And we all know she would have done the same thing, she would've just been more tactful about it. If not Iran it would have been another of NetAndYahoo's targets (I refuse to look that monster's name up)
We're the axis powers now, and have been since WWII ended. The irony is disgustingly thick, a Jewish state and the alleged bastions of freedom doing the thing we supposedly destroyed. Cartoon villain shit.
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Y'all may have the luxury of waiting for things to get more fucked before you decide to (literally) fight back, but many of us don't. We'll all be dead by the time you mfers decide it's bad enough, so have fun living for as long as these sick fucks let you. You're next, just for voting for their opposition.
The only reason you're not a target now is because you are quite literally the least threatening people on the planet. Thanks for being our cover for so long, I guess. They thought we were quivering rich liberals for a long time, and it made them easy to catch off guard.
#downwithempire & #downwithcapitalism whether it's red, blue, pink, or any other color. This isn't sports, quit rooting for teams you're not on!
#PowerToThePeople #AllPowerToThePeople
#LoveMeImALiberal #liberalism #cowardice #votedmyselftodeath #BlueInTheFace #BlueNoMatterWho
#Iran #freeiran #congo #freecongo #palestine #freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea
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TL;DR - voting for who we hand The People's Power to is what got us here & after they get rid of us, they'll come for you next. So unless you wanna fight these mfers alone, recognize what's happening and get active. And to reiterate, voting isn't action.
All Power to The People!
---
I'll take responsibility for my part in this due to my refusing to vote when you're ready to admit that doing nothing but voting is what got us here.
I'm so tired of watching people act horrified who would have excused this attack on Iran if it had been Kamala, just how y'all excused her lack of action for Palestine. And we all know she would have done the same thing, she would've just been more tactful about it. If not Iran it would have been another of NetAndYahoo's targets (I refuse to look that monster's name up)
We're the axis powers now, and have been since WWII ended. The irony is disgustingly thick, a Jewish state and the alleged bastions of freedom doing the thing we supposedly destroyed. Cartoon villain shit.
---
Y'all may have the luxury of waiting for things to get more fucked before you decide to (literally) fight back, but many of us don't. We'll all be dead by the time you mfers decide it's bad enough, so have fun living for as long as these sick fucks let you. You're next, just for voting for their opposition.
The only reason you're not a target now is because you are quite literally the least threatening people on the planet. Thanks for being our cover for so long, I guess. They thought we were quivering rich liberals for a long time, and it made them easy to catch off guard.
#downwithempire & #downwithcapitalism whether it's red, blue, pink, or any other color. This isn't sports, quit rooting for teams you're not on!
#PowerToThePeople #AllPowerToThePeople
#LoveMeImALiberal #liberalism #cowardice #votedmyselftodeath #BlueInTheFace #BlueNoMatterWho
#Iran #freeiran #congo #freecongo #palestine #freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea
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Given the choice, Centrists always side with fascists or the right. #LifeLesson You can't trust centrists. Example:
"the leader of the ailing Liberals, Simona Mohamsson, shocked her party last month by abruptly switching positions on SD, announcing that her party would accept being in government with a far-right force she had previously denounced as racist. She also held a press conference alongside Åkesson in which they hugged."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/swedish-pm-offers-deal-that-could-see-far-right-allowed-into-government
#liberals #Centrists #Centrism #liberalism -
2/ Then articulates 5 main an-pac contributions on: #fetishization of #violence; chronic sliding towards systemic #militarism; intersectional state-enforced #exploitation/#domination; structurings of international politics (current & potential); & questions of #politicalagency
Throughout & towards end, positions these ideas against more established schools of #IRtheory, from #justwartheory to #realism, #liberalism, #Marxism, #poststructuralism, #feminism & others.
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[…] authoritarian liberals who, once in power, consider resorting to force because they know full well that their policies are unpopular; those same authoritarian liberals who want to form an alliance with the far right, who back down because it wants too much, and finally take a gamble on entrusting it with power…"
Johan Chapoutot wrote about Germany in 1932
#3Blocs #circleOfReason #liberals #liberalism #downgrading #order #presidentialism #constitution #government #farCentre #farCenter #Macron #Papen #vonPapen #Hindenburg #Hitler #Nazism #rise #ascension #fascism #elites #elite #history #centrism #Germany #book #Chapoutot #Mussolini #quote #quotes #centre #center #beliefs #squash #CDU #Weimar #AfD #normalisation #Thuringia #media #authoritarianLiberalism #budget #CarlSchmitt #Schmitt #stateOfEmergency
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"One by one, each of the hallowed constitutional principles of a liberal democracy have been found an empty slogan."
"The carnival of cruelty continues, and continues --- and nothing intrinsic to the polity can bring it to an end."
A powerful essay by @davidallengreen, on the world we live in. Incisive and dark. Green's essay does not tell us to give up, but it forces us to be honest about the extent of the defeat of liberalism. A necessary read.
https://davidallengreen.com/2025/07/constitutional-law-during-a-carnival-of-cruelty/
#DavidAllenGreen
#USpol #Trump #authoritarianism #HanahArendt #JudithShklar #liberalism -
This is a story of power, plain and simple
The state of the world, over the last few years, we’ve been watching a familiar story unfold, we’ve seen repeat itself in radical spaces, tech movements, and grassroots networks for decades. It starts in the grassroots with "progressive" #fashernistas (yes, them) pushing themselves into the front to speak for “us.” They talk the talk of decentralisation, care, community, and #FOSS ethics. They wear all the right hashtags: #opensocialmedia, #Fediverse, #commons, #techforgood. But when […]https://hamishcampbell.com/this-is-a-story-of-power-plain-and-simple/
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Then articulates 5 main an-pac contributions on: #fetishization of #violence; chronic sliding towards systemic #militarism; intersectional state-enforced #exploitation/#domination; structurings of international politics (current & potential); & questions of #politicalagency.
Throughout & towards end, positions these ideas against more established schools of #IRtheory, from #justwartheory to #realism, #liberalism, #Marxism, #poststructuralism, #feminism & others.
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Here is a feminist opinion about #safety, #security, #masculinity, #whiteness, #liberals and #progressists.
It notably stated the need for a discourse incorporating sorrow and hope, on 9 November 2023:
(he) https://politicallycorret.co.il/morroco-smol-3/
(en) https://politicallycorret.co.il/morroccan-left-3-en/#leftWing #militancy #israel #israelPalestine #Mizrahi #Jewishness #theocracy #JewishState #feminisms #patriarchy #liberalism #israelApartheid #JewishSupremacy #brutalization #war #fragility #insecurity #entitlement #grief #grievability
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[Continued] Then articulates 5 main an-pac contributions on: #fetishization of #violence; chronic sliding towards systemic #militarism; intersectional state-enforced #exploitation/#domination; structurings of international politics (current & potential); & questions of #politicalagency.
Throughout & towards end, positions these ideas against more established schools of #IRtheory, from #justwartheory to #realism, #liberalism, #Marxism, #poststructuralism, #feminism & others.
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https://archive.org/details/whofundsbyp100
Black Youth Project / BYP100 financial backers
Topics #BlackYouthProject, #BYP100, #neocolonialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #nonprofitindustrialcomplex, #NPIC, #imperialism, #capitalism, #philanthropy, #staterepression, #501c3, #BlackLivesMatter, #foundations, #liberaldemocracy, #bougeoisie, #liberalism, #progressivism, #BlackYouthProject100NFP, #BYP100EducationFund, #WomenDonorsNetwork, #AstraeaFoundation, #AstraeaLesbianFoundationForJustice, #RudolfSteinerFoundation, #MacArthurFoundation, #MsFoundationforWomen, #ChicagoFoundationforWomen, #QuixoteFoundation, #BorealisPhilanthropy, #AmericanFederationofLaborandCongressofIndustrialOrganizations, #AFLCIO, #BenjaminFund, #controlledopposition, #counterrevolution, #counterinsurgency
