Add to long strain a multi-decade (deliberate) erosion of institutions and representative democracy. It's a global crisis of representation.
-
-
-
The number of protests globally since 2006 are triple the 10 years before. You constantly hear: "nobody represents us." Everywhere.
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
@zeynep Not many people, sigh. Have you seen Pippa Norris's article? She's the only person I've seen saying this https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/11/its-not-just-trump-authoritarian-populism-is-rising-across-the-west-heres-why/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@zeynep you're right of course but we Americans thought we were immune from this kind of thing. We aren't.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@zeynep Agreed. S. Berlusconi, more refined(!) and monied version of Erdogan, T.Shinawatra, Bibi -
@TanjuYurukoglu@zeynep not sure how Shinawatra fits.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@zeynep Here in Denmark it sounds all too familiar. Trumpian rhetoric sounds exactly like things said by Danish People's Party members.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@zeynep the mainstream GOP thought they could bottle up that nativist outrage and use it to their benefit. It's out of the bottle now. -
@jimfortney Someone reconfigured it.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@zeynep In his weirdness he is kind of unique, even Geert Wilders is only half as weird as Trump.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.