#populism — Public Fediverse posts

AfD’s historic win splits European opinion.

Alternative for Germany won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, more than double its showing five years ago in the region of 2.1 million people west of Berlin.

AfD’s landslide victory has drawn celebration from Europe’s populist right and a sharp condemnation from Poland’s prime minister.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260907-afds-historic-win-splits-european-opinion?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Germany #Elections #AfD #Politics #Poland #FarRight #Populism

https://www.europesays.com/be/36430/ Boss of Orbán-backed MCC Brussels quits, saying staff have not been paid – POLITICO #Brussels #elections #Finance #HungarianPolitics #Hungary #Migration #PéterMagyar #populism #Rights #Tanks #Transparency #ViktorOrban

Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
https://wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
https://wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
https://wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
https://wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
https://wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
-- H. L. Mencken

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Politics #Populism #Stupidity

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

The three structural trends shaping the AI crisis in higher education

1. The sociotechnical transformation of AI. It’s not simply that the technology is improving, it’s that the space for reflexivity is diminishing because the burden of articulation in chatbots is going down, inline automation tools are being built into everything and wearable AI blurs the boundary between human and technology.
2. The political economy of the bubble. Either the investment bubble will burst, ranging from a ‘correction’ through to a systemic crisis, or the big AI labs will go to IPO. In either case there will be a new attention on business fundamentals and likely many firms getting destroyed in the process. It means that current offers aren’t stable (particularly from smaller startups) and that current pricing models will without a doubt change significantly.
3. The political economy of higher education. In the UK context there’s a financial crisis in the sector which is going to get progressively worse. If we’re moving towards a post-pandemic economy defined by ecological and economic volatility globally then higher education will be under structural attack. It will be very difficult to reopen funding settlements while degree-based models contingent on the expectation of economic advantage will rapidly struggle if degrees no longer offer any advantage

What do I think follows from these for what universities do under present conditions?

• We can’t lock in reliably until the post-crash/IPO pricing models are much clearer than they are now. Otherwise we’re embedding products for we can reasonably expect the prices to be ratcheted up a few years down the line.
• The prospect for securing the existing assessment system is extremely limited in the medium term and the long term. It’s not going to be possible to separate out technological practice from non-technological practice in the manner which assessment security presupposes. This means that we urgently need to begin working towards assessment reform.
• The manner in which we respond to the first two challenges will be shaped by the financial and political pressures the sector is under. A dash for productivity through automation risks locking in unreliable system and incurring much greater costs later, as well as further undermining assessment integrity in a way which accelerates the declining (perceived) value of our degrees. A failure to address assessment integrity (and to be seen to do so) furthermore hands ammunition to critics of the sector for whom ‘ChatGPT degrees’ will figure alongside ‘woke degrees’ as economc criticism fuses with culture war criticism.

Lauri Snellman kirjoitti Etiikka.fi:ssä turvallisuusvaltiosta eli sekurokratiasta uutena tyrannian muotona, joka on ominainen kriisiytyneelle globaalille verkostoyhteiskunnalle, https://etiikka.fi/turvallisuusvaltio-aikamme-tyrannia/

Turvallisuusvaltio on totalitarismin perillinen, joka oikeuttaa itsensä populismilla ja pitää oikeusvaltiota ja yhtäläisiä ihmisoikeuksia sinällään turvallisuusuhkana. Sen oligarkiaverkostot nojaavat rahan ja vallan keskittämiseen, ja oikeutus haetaan "todellisen kansan" turvaamisesta Noita Toisia vastaan. Yhteiskunta ajautuu jatkuvaan poikkeustilaan, ja "vallan vastavoimat, kuten oppositio, tiede- ja kulttuuri-instituutiot, vapaat markkinat, riippumaton työväenliike ja ylikansalliset kansalaisliikkeet" leimataan epäkansalliseksi eliitiksi.

Aikaisemmassa kirjoituksessaan Snellman pohti turvallisuutta yhteiskunnallisena paheena, https://etiikka.fi/onko-turvallisuus-sittenkin-yhteiskunnallinen-pahe/

#turvallisuus #yhteiskunta #etiikka #totalitarismi #security #society #totalitarianism #oligarkia #oligarghy #securocracy #sekurokratia #kansa #vapaus #populismi #populism #suomi #SuomiTurvallisuus #journal

Trump’s lurking assault on Canada rests on endless lies and irrational populism
#Canada #Trump #USA #TradeWar #Populism #Politics #Tariffs #USCanada #Economy #Misinformation #Nationalism
#TrumpTariffs #IrrationalPopulism #CanadaUSA #Lies #One
https://the-14.com/trumps-lurking-assault-on-canada-rests-on-endless-lies-and-irrational-populism/

Well, it is a good article. It claims the emergence and success of "populism" is NOT the result of changes in what people think but it is more the result of changes in the information space and in the political process. The reservoir have been almost constant but recently ways have been found to transform the reservoir into votes... And there is more. Worth reading.

@tinkebell #JesseFrederik #populism

2/2 So the rest of the bunch from #TheFinns party, how are they?

Well, most of them talk in public about #TheGreatReplacement #ConspiracyTheory as it'd be a fact.

Vilhelm #Junnila, the new Minister of Economic Affairs, has been in the events of the #FarRight as a keynote speaker, and praised election candidates with election number 88 and so on.

Sakari #Puisto is the only one who actually can argumentation, and can speak without #populism.

#HallaAho #persut #politiikka #politics #FinPol