1/ This strikes me as right about the weakening of the presidency and the rise of the generals.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/900740497328586755 …
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2/ If it is a step towards authoritarianism, it is of a unique and historically unprecedented kind.
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@HeerJeet asserts there is "a weakened president subservient to the military egging on armed fascists."1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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4/ But there is no connection between the military and the fascists.
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5/ Instead, the military seems committed to the forever war but not to antidemocratic moves at home.
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6/ Military ascendancy can be seen as a peculiar kind of insistence on civilian predominance, except when a crazy man is in office.
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7/ That strikes me as very different from military rule past and present elsewhere.
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I agree with Sam. Generals pose a threat of authoritarianism of the center (which could have wide appeal, I fear). Fascists, not so much.
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To clarify: I don't see them as connected except in the narrow term that they are both a product of the Trump era!
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