The AskHistorians podcast called it, in the aftermath of January 6 riots. They did not explicitly compare January 6 with the fall of Roman republic, but explained why the republic fell. The institutions got too corrupt in spite of checks and balances. The concept worked many times and was threatened before, until the breaking point had been reached. Brutus proclaimed he saved democracy after assassinating Caesar, but the crowd booed and heckled him because Caesar was popular and could actually get the job done, unlike corrupt politicians who typically make excuses not to do what the people want, because the elites would not want to ruffle their feathers of their patrons and their own interests.

People are not dumb. If politicians are doing what the people want, populism would never be a thing.

This is scary. The AfD might come to power.

Trump is an elected emperor with his new clothes on, while strings are attached to him being fingered by oligarchs.

It is obvious that China is using the Trump shenanigans to make themselves look good. China is now on the higher moral ground, as unbelievable as it sounds.

Libertarian: I can’t hear you with so much money I have!

Libertarians are only in tiny minority of US population, and most of them are earning roughly $100,000 a year. Of course they will support absolute laissez faire society.

Yes but crimes are done by foreigners so it’s different. /s

Mamdani is also on Tiktok and his presence there is widely credited to have boosted his image and eventual primary win.

And because the DNC wants to split the vote to send a lesson to anybody left of Kissinger Friedman.

Ftfy

I reckon there is right wing propaganda to normalise vitriol and de-empathise the public to pave the way for full fascism. Many of these accounts complaining about supposed wokeness are probably bots.

Kid taking my gmail address: how did they allow you to have a troll name for email address?

I was there when gmail was invented.

Who could spy better than an apparatus of a totalitarian regime.

The pandemic worsened the already excessive individualist value of capitalism.

My first time seeing it.

No, but having enough money buys financial security to do what you want.

I find that Jordan Peterson himself is not annoying, but his fans. Even when you give positive feedback that Peterson is actually pretty good as psychologist, as soon as you criticise his sophistry and his intentionally erroneous take on philosophy, his fans will immediately come at you like a horde of zombies. That’s what Peterson’s fans are: unthinking horde. It is unfortunate that his fans tend to be lonely individuals who feel lost, and Peterson is only too happy to lap it up for his own grift.

But he’s white! How can he be an immigrant!

What would be playing at your granny’s station is Metallica.

It happened before, it could and is happening again. The East India Trading Company was the most profitable company in the world after looting and conquering India for a while before the British government formally took over.

Just a nitpick, the fastest transportation for thousands of years were boats.

And this is the guy who the Anti-Defamation League defended with a waffle of a statement that his awkward gesture was “made in a moment of enthusiasm”. Though I should not be surprised, because fascists actually hate each other and are only allies out of convenience. Hasbara and its tentacles are secretly seething to hate on Musk.