What DOESN'T fuel his despotism?
"What is the response that creates, on the other side of this epidemic, not a collection of atomized individuals who survived a plague but a polity whose members helped one another live?" – @mashagessenhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-fuels-trumps-autocratic-instincts?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned …
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I just finished Road to Unfreedom an hour ago! Thanks for the historical perspective, terror and then hope!
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"has slowed down local responses." Yep. But our state & local officials have been emboldened to step up in leadership as they began to realize Feds were not. I think the attempts to keep the guise of control by recent WH pressers are falling flat.
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This feels like a possible "Reichstag Fire" scenario.
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“Germany suspends refugee resettlement programs”
#AuthoritarianDreams are much easier to realize with a global pandemic.#ResistTyranny#EyesWideOpenhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/18/coronavirus-latest-news/#link-FGJMXUIULZB6DGLO2IXS3MMIBE …
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@mashagessen writing awes me as usual. But one quibble- “Terror is effective when every person in the population has a credible fear of suffering and dying.” Every person? /1 -
/2 Not everyone.Aside from Fox viewers, so many individuals perceive the virus as issue for vulnerable; they haven’t been educated as to social distancing being a collective responsibility. They don’t have that credible fear of suffering & death. /2
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Dr Snyder, makes one wonder why Trump disbanded the NSC Pandemic response team and then needlessly delayed the testing implementation in the country that is a leader in medical diagnostics.
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King Contrarian. King of Contraria.
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