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Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@obrien_kat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>obrien_kat</span></a></span> </p><p>“Although these institutional tactics are important, they are not always enough to preserve democracy. Nonviolent struggle is another powerful tool. Well-organized social movements and civil society groups can shelter democratic institutions, mobilize voters, and increase the costs of antidemocratic behavior.”</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/civilsociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilsociety</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@obrien_kat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>obrien_kat</span></a></span> </p><p>“Pro-democracy forces must also bear in mind that resisting the erosion of <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> is more of a marathon than a sprint. Although it is important to take the threat seriously and respond accordingly, opposition groups must also protect their resources and, if possible, expand them to prepare for fights down the road.”</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Tadonic the Flautulent<p>Twenty-three states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/01/donald-trump-elon-musk-special-elections-florida-wisconsin-texas-arizona-us-politics-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67ebfd448f0842b23ea4f0a1#block-67ebfd448f0842b23ea4f0a1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/live/2</span><span class="invisible">025/apr/01/donald-trump-elon-musk-special-elections-florida-wisconsin-texas-arizona-us-politics-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67ebfd448f0842b23ea4f0a1#block-67ebfd448f0842b23ea4f0a1</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dontatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dontatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Lisa Gets Politik<p>Authoritarians benefit from an under-informed population The administration is carrying out the most sweeping assault on the American mind in modern history.</p><p>Dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. </p><p>Gutting funding for public libraries and museums</p><p>Cutting scientific research</p><p>Threatening universities, researchers, and students and their free speech </p><p>Detaining immigrants—including lawful permanent residents with green cards. </p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a></p>
mokomokai<p>&gt;MAGA voter sends message to Trump in CNN interview&lt;</p><p><a href="https://dju.social/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://dju.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> vs <a href="https://dju.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=f-FE3XxsOI4&amp;si=plTCnVklCtQHVJYD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=f-FE3XxsOI</span><span class="invisible">4&amp;si=plTCnVklCtQHVJYD</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Uncharted territory -nothing like this has happened in the US -no democracy even remotely as rich or as old as the US has ever BROKEN DOWN. So we have really little to draw from here.</p><p>Likely scenario: careening b/w pretty🚨dysfunctional democracy &amp; an unconsolidated🚨<a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> -back &amp; forth: relative good guys win once in a while -don’t perform well -don’t last long &amp; the bad guys win power occasionally -don’t perform well &amp; don’t last long.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/31/united-states-authoritarianism-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/31/united-states-authoritarianism-trump/</span></a></p>
Needs Fixin'<a class="hashtag" href="https://idea.oksocial.net/tag/needsfixin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeedsFixin</a><br><br>New Post: Change Is Hard: Designing A Path For Change Is Harder<br><br><a href="https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/04/01/change-is-hard-designing-a-path-for-change-is-harder/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/04/01/change-is-hard-designing-a-path-for-change-is-harder/</a><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://idea.oksocial.net/tag/culture" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idea.oksocial.net/tag/politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idea.oksocial.net/tag/authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idea.oksocial.net/tag/constitution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#constitution</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idea.oksocial.net/tag/coup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"A president who talks openly about going for a third term, who signs executive orders which contradict his country’s constitution, who got a rigged supreme court to grant him immunity, who ignores court orders, who has his underlings hand out massive million dollar cheques to people to induce them to vote, even though it is explicitly against state law. To watch the United States is to watch the law dissolve into authoritarian government."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LawandOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawandOrder</span></a><br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"We should all take a good hard look at what’s happening in the US. Not the noise or the clamour, but the bleak constitutional reality of it. This is what happens when you give up on the rule of law."</p><p>~ Ian Dunt</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LawandOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawandOrder</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ThirdTerm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdTerm</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-know-how-trump-gets-in-just" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to</span><span class="invisible">-know-how-trump-gets-in-just</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>CASCADIA, HERE WE COME</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oregon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/secession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secession</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FascistAmeriKKKa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistAmeriKKKa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"All of them want autocratic rule so that they can keep power indefinitely. But sooner or later, corruption and stagnation will follow. If Hungary is the future, it’s grim."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbán</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a><br>/5</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Why does Hungary’s trajectory matter? Because the United States is now on it. From Donald Trump to Steve Bannon to Tucker Carlson, multiple MAGA figures have praised Orbán, praised Hungary, or visited Budapest themselves. Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation, notwithstanding his own institution’s negative analysis of Hungarian governance, has called modern Hungary 'not just as a model for modern statecraft, but the model.'”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbán</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a><br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Although Orbán talks a lot about “the people,” he has used his near-absolute power to enrich a small group of wealthy businessmen, some of whom are members of his family. Corruption has cost Hungary EU funding and foreign investment. It also means that some twenty percent of Hungarian companies operate 'not on market principles, not on merit-based principles, but basically on loyalty.'"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbán</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a><br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"In the 1990s, Hungary’s educated population, rapid privatization, great architecture and decent food meant that Hungary attracted a disproportionate amount of foreign investment, given its small size.</p><p>But now it's the 2020s, and Hungary is bumping along at the bottom of many indexes instead. ...</p><p>Without checks and balances, without transparency and journalism and the rule of law, Hungary first became corrupt, and then poor."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbán</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a><br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"If anyone had been placing bets back in 1989, trying to guess which Warsaw Pact state would emerge most rapidly and successfully from communism, most of the money would have been on Hungary. Thanks to a regime that began experimenting with economic liberalism in the 1980s, Hungary was known back then as 'the happiest barrack in the socialist camp.'”</p><p>~ Anne Applebaum </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbán</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/the-hungarian-model" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/t</span><span class="invisible">he-hungarian-model</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow on youtube</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/cXR5HLodsT8?si=KLBCgy4JUG2pubiw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/cXR5HLodsT8?si=KLBCgy</span><span class="invisible">4JUG2pubiw</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FascistAmeriKKKa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistAmeriKKKa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StatusQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatusQuo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>Saturday 5 April.</p><p>Nonviolent action.</p><p>Host an event or find an event to participate in.</p><p>most important: BE THERE FOR ALL OF US.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RESIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RESIST</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FascistAmeriKKKa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistAmeriKKKa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://handsoff2025.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">handsoff2025.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>