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  1. Fukuyama Says Hungary a Model for How Americans Can ‘Rebuke Trumpism’ in Midterms

    Francis Fukuyama has held up Péter Magyar’s landslide defeat of Viktor Orbán as a model for Americans seeking…
    #Hungary #HU #Europe #Europa #EU #DonaldTrump #election #FrancisFukuyama #hír #hungary #Hungarynews #liberalism #Magyarország #Midterm #Orbánism #PeterMagyar #populism #Trumpism #ViktorOrbán
    europesays.com/3249434/

  2. Kaikille tiededenialismia episteemisen populismin muotona miettiville iloinen uutinen, että Christobal Bellolion tuore SERRC-artikkeli tarjoaa Alexandre Billonin SE-artikkelia ruotiessaan ravitsevaa ajankulua useammaksikin toviksi,

    social-epistemology.com/2026/0

    Kirjoittaja johtaa Chilessä tutkimusprojektia ilmastokriisin poliittisista haasteista.

    #serrc #tiede #science #denialism #populism #society #epistemology #criticalThinking #standpoint #tieto #knowledge #conspiracy #valistus #enlightenment #understanding #wisdom #climate #research #tutkimus

  3. Loss - the belief in progress and the reality of experiences of loss.

    * Grievance-fuelled violence at home and psychological harm reduction

    "The family violence workforce is stretched in Western societies... 20 out of 38 reviewed cases of fatal family violence were "grievance-fuelled"...The Fixated Grievance Perpetrator Intervention Pilot brings together experts in forensic psychology and psychiatry, criminology, policing, perpetrator intervention and victim support."

    World-first trial testing whether counterterrorism strategies can prevent domestic homicide >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/dv-
    #violence #FamilyViolence #grievance #loss #ressentiment #precarity #masculinity #entitlement #resentment #anger #GenderBasedViolence #homicide #DV #terror #CrisisOfReproduction #crimes #HarmReduction #therapists #psychologisation

    * The role of loss within society
    Andreas Reckwitz 's book 'Loss, A Modern Predicament, The first comprehensive study of the role of loss within society", 2025 explains loss not only from a psychological perspective, but also from a sociological one.

    "Loss has come to occupy a central position in late modernity – whether in the consequences of climate change or the entrenchment of negative expectations about the future, the ‘losers’ of post-industrial modernisation or the collective processing of ‘historical wounds’ and of who is acknowledged as the victims and perpetrators of these crimes, in a heightened psychological awareness of vulnerability, in political populism, a nostalgia for things past, or programmes of resilience."

    "Loss is the bread and butter of populism." >>
    res.cloudinary.com/suhrkamp/im
    #loss #progress #ProgressNarrative #improvement #credibility #modernity #stagnation #precariousness #experience #inequality #StatusAnxiety #SocialHierarchy #CollectiveExperiencesOfLoss #populism #nostalgia #socioanalysis #ClimateDisasters #PolyCrisis #WesternModernity #future #book

  4. I voted earlier in the #UKLocalElections. Got up to see if my vote made a difference to anything, and although my area hasn't declared yet it looks to be a great night for democracy nationwide¹.

    The overall count though, a predictable lurch to electing right wing xenophobic *twats*. Now, 3:30am, they've had more councillors elected than all the other parties added together.

    ¹ Trying a bit of sarcasm with this, voters will be thinking it's democracy in the literal sense.

    #ukpolitics #populism

  5. Sunday, January 18, 2026

    Does Russia or China actually threaten Greenland? Experts say Trump's warnings don't match reality -- Ukraine faces potential meltdown as Russia seeks to disconnect nuclear plants -- Over 163,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation -- Crashed Russian drone discovered in Moldova, authorities report ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  6. I recently read a couple of Elmore Leonard crime novels -- "Riding the Rap" and "Out of Sight".

    I don't read that much contemporary fiction, nor do I have a deep background in crime fiction as a genre, so you'll have to make do with the remarks of a relatively ill informed reader.

    I can see why Leonard is a both popular and respected writer. He knows how to structure a gripping narrative, and his dialogue rings true.

    On a more critical note, I can imagine these two novels providing future students of US culture with material for a study of the anxieties and aspirations of middle class white men in an America seemingly riven with disorder.

    In "Riding the Rap", Leonard's background as a writer of westerns comes across; the US marshal protagonist brings order to a lawless frontier by acting on his own initiative rather than a mere agent of a federal bureaucracy. Here though, the frontier is no longer in the west, but in Florida, and the threatening nonwhite others are no longer American Indians but a Puerto Rican hitman and a Black Bahamian immigrant who, as part of his assimilation to Black America, adopted an Islamic name.

    Leonard's depiction of racial attitudes intersects with his representation of socioeconomic class distinctions. The two nonwhite criminals act for a while as henchmen to a drink and drug addled wealthy white playboy, whose kidnapping plan drives the plot forward. His exploitation of his senile mother's wealth and the revelation of her ugly racist attitudes point to the class and status tensions that exist between a decadent white upper class and the Appalachian coalmining heritage of the US marshal protagonist.

    These racial and white populist themes recur in "Out of Sight", where middle aged, middle class, white bank robbers are contrasted with African American home invaders, the latter being characterized by their cruelty, treachery, idleness, lust, and greed.

    In both novels the middle aged male protagonist beds a much younger female character; some readers might find these glimpses of the fantasy life of ageing men unintentionally ludicrous.

    I think I'll reserve final judgment on Leonard until I've read another of his books. "Swag" is supposed to be good, but neither my local second bookstore nor my libraries have it available at the moment, and I don't want to pay full price for it.

    #Books #ElmoreLeonard #USLiterature #CrimeFiction #RidingTheRap #OutOfSight #Race #Racism #Populism #USCulture

  7. Cristóbal Bellolio tarkastelee SERRC-artikkelissaan Hugh Desmondin (2022) ajatusta populistisesta tieteenvastaisuudesta "rationaalisena skeptisisminä" status-epäluottamus-perustein, social-epistemology.com/2025/0

    Aiheesta on keskusteltu SERRCin lisäksi SE-journaalissa. Tällä kertaa episteemisen populismin nyansoitu luonnehdinta viehätti, samoin linkit aiempaan keskusteluun.

    #serrc #socialEpistemology #epistemology #populism #science #skepticism #trust #distrust #democracy

  8. Una riflessione sul populismo becero e l'ignoranza cieca.

    “Resistenza culturale contro il populismo e la deriva autoritaria”

    Grazie 🦔

    🌹

    A reflection on crude populism and blind ignorance.

    “Cultural resistance against populism and authoritarian drift”

    Thank you 🦔

    #resistenzaculturale  #populismo #autoritarismo  #ignoranza  #libertàdipensiero
    #culturalresistance  #populism #authoritarianism  #ignorance

    michiyospace.altervista.org/re

  9. Has populism gone that far to make us forget our will to build, create, tell, move, if it can't be marketed? It also doesn't sit right with me how much it fits the "degenerated art" ambiance that's been slowly getting in the air, alongside of #fascism .
    As long as people will be allowed to be brainwashed people & ai bots to influence elections for a facist entity, nothing is to be taken lightly.

    #populism #degenerateart #censorship #artcensorship #forbiddenbooks #bannedbooks #capitalism

  10. And here is an excellent talk by H. Mark Schwartz about the connection between intellectual monopolies and rise of far right populism. With intellectual monopolies the physical production is split off into separate companies. These companies managing production in turn subcontract their labor. The end result is that the intellectual monopolies can control the whole chain and capture the profits, but they do not share the gains with the wider economy. This reduces the economic fortunes of most people. For the people who expected to do better, this is infuriating.
    youtu.be/wLirFMbaSxo?si=lifpfb
    #intellectualMonopoly
    #populism
    3/3

  11. #BangkokPost #editorial
    " #Thaksin's proposal sounds good on a pamphlet, but it #needsmorework to ensure #fairness for all. The use of #publicfunds to fulfil an #unreasonable #populist #policy where only certain groups will benefit is #inappropriate. The era of #populism, in which #politicians just make big #promises without showing clear plans & a source of funding, should be over. Populist policies must come with thorough #explanations of where the money will come from"
    bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio

  12. Most analysts expected #Modi to brush aside #India’s enervated & poorly funded opposition parties, some of which had their #bank accounts frozen & their leaders #jailed by the govt in the run-up to the #election.

    Yet the mood shifted dramatically as early vote counts trickled in Tues morning & indicated that the #BJP might not single-handedly secure the 272 seats needed in the 543-member #LokSabha lower house, as it comfortably did in 2014 & 2019.

    #geopolitics #democracy #strongman #populism

  13. "We must confess that our adversaries have a marked advantage over us in the discussion. In very few words they can announce a half-truth; and in order to demonstrate that it is incomplete, we are obliged to have recourse to long and dry dissertations."

    — Frédéric Bastiat, Economic Sophisms, First Series (1845)

    @socialpsych

    #halfTruth #quotes #sophisms #truth #postFactual #fakeNews #propaganda #Hasbara #complotism #reality #populism #socialMedia #antisemitism #judeoPhobia #Paris #liberalism #optimistSchool #Bastiat

  14. channel4.com/news/anderson-com

    Baroness Warsi, former Conservative party chair hits the nail on the head.

    Every. Single. Word.

    #populism and the #politics of division won’t win.

    Meantime, let them tear themselves apart, lest it hastens #gttonow

  15. Well #Ontario is ditching restrictions on buying #alcohol in #retail outlets.
    This is such a clear and blatant #populism #vote #grab, they don't actually think that #Ontarian voters will actually fall for this do they?

    `<seven beers I purchased at the gas station later>`

    *Ford is schtill and asshhowl but <hic> i dunno who my NDP (heh.. pee) candidate is... and I dunno whoeven is the Libral dude is.... and I donnow where my feet are. Do we have any Doritos?*

    globalnews.ca/news/10170080/on

  16. Holland, see on mingi igav maa, kus on tulbid, puukingad ja tuuleveskid, eks? Noh, võib-olla. Küll oli aga viimaste provintsivalimiste tulemuseks BoerburgerBeweging ehk lühendatult BBB ehk Farmer-Kodanike Partei võit, mis tähendab, et nad võivad ka senatisse saada. Veel hiljuti marginaalne partei võib hakata riigi suunda muutnud. Milline on aga BBB agenda?

    Täpsemalt:

    "Hollandi valitsus kavatseb 2030. aastaks kärpida mürgiste heitmete, eelkõige nitraatide ja muu põllumajandusega seotu kogust poole võrra. Muu hulgas tähendaks see ilmselt ka Hollandi kuulsate kariloomade arvu vähendamist. Põldurid ja loomakasvatajad nägid selles plaanis BBB ärgitusel ja ka ilma selleta linnastunud eliidi otsest rünnakut maainimeste elatusvahendite vastu.

    Protesti märgiks tulid tänavaile traktorite kolonnid, laotati asfaldile sõnnikut ja muud hea-paremat ning lõpuks hääletati BBB poolt. See erakond nimelt astus otseselt valitsuse kavade vastu. Ehk teisisõnu oli populistlikuks tituleeritud poliitiline jõud leidnud hoova, millega valijad enese poole kallutada.

    Kaugemalt vaatajad kaldusid aga kohe järeldama, et populismi tõusul Euroopas on maha pandud järjekordne teetähis… Seda eriti Euroopa Liidu keskkonnakavade kontekstis. Eks meil Eestiski ole plaan panna riik ja rahvas suurt osa eluasemeid soojustama juba vastuseisu tekitanud. Jääb vaid oodata, kuidas see vastuseis erakonniti jaotub ja kuhu see kanaliseeritakse."

    #poliitika #populism

    epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/12016388