1. Bloomberg's bizarre statement that Xi is "not a dictator" was not a gaffe but a manifestation of Bloomberg's authoritarian tendency, one evident in his tenure as NYC mayor: racial profiling, religious profiling, targeting of anti-war groupshttps://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1200870304438005761 …
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3. Because centrists dominate the discourse, there's a tendency to see authoritarianism with anti-system politics (of the left and right). But centrists can be just as authoritarian as anti-system people -- and usually more likely succeed in their authoritarianism.
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4. Some thoughts on Bloomberg and centrist authoritarianism. https://www.thenation.com/article/bloomberg-authoritarian-centrist-presidential/ …
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It's what powers the NYT and Meet the Press. Oppression must be polite and wear a suit.
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