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Old #authoritarian #joke:

A man walks by a newsstand every day. Each day, he stops and picks up a newspaper, looks at its front page, puts it back down, and continues walking. He does this every day for years, until the newsstand owner decides he could not contain his curiosity any more. The following day, the man stops by the newsstand as usual, and does his same routine. As he puts the newspaper down, the newsstand owner stops him and asks: “Excuse me sir, you come to my newsstand every day, pick up a newspaper, look at the front page, and put it back down. Why do you do that?”

“I’m looking for an obituary,” the man says.

“But obituaries are on page sixteen,” replies the newsstand owner.

“Not *this* obituary,” the man replies, as he walks away.

Are we heading for another world war, or has it already started?

Implosion of Pax #Americana, interconnectedness of #conflicts, new willingness to resort to state-sponsored #violence & ignoring institutions of rules-based order have all been on brutal display this week

Policy analyst, adviser to #UK govt on its strategic defence review, argues the #WWIII has already started, if only we would recognise it.

theguardian.com/news/ng-intera

The Guardian · Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?By Patrick Wintour
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@tg9541 @mattotcha

#UKpol #UKpolitics
#Precrime #ThoughtCrime #FreeSpeech #PeacefulProtest
#CivilRights #Legal

👉A friendly warning to the #Starmer Government👈

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...the other hand, having being only partially settled by #colonists from the inventors of #democracy, #Athens, is a different story entirely, politically and geographically.
President #Erdogan has been leading the country towards an #authoritarian model of society, ever further away from the #EU's principles.

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“…Americans are living under a new regime. The question now is whether we will allow it to take root.

“So far, American society’s response to this #authoritarian offensive has been underwhelming—alarmingly so. Civic leaders confront a difficult #CollectiveAction problem. A vast majority of American politicians, chief executives, law partners, newspaper editors & university presidents prefer to live in a #democracy & want to end this #abuse.

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“…The administration’s #authoritarian offensive has had a clear impact. It has changed how Americans behave, forcing them to think twice about engaging in what should be constitutionally protected #opposition. Consequently, many of the politicians & societal organizations that should serve as watchdogs & checks on the executive are silencing themselves or retreating to the sidelines.”

"But the road ahead cannot rely on elected officials to stem this #authoritarian spiral: I am looking to millions of Americans demonstrating in the streets to say they’ve had enough. That cannot be an occasional thing but an ongoing effort to ensure the survival of our centuries-old democratic experiment."

salon.com/2025/05/05/resistanc

Salon.com · Resistance is slowing Trump's sprint"The fact that Trump wants unlimited power does not mean he will win"
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#Trump rebuffed suggestions he is taking the country down an #authoritarian path, saying that anyone who disagrees w/him “had their chance at the election, & they lost big.”
[wrong. The tally was Trump 77,302,580 / Harris 75,017,613]

“Many people love Trump,” he said speaking of himself in the 3rd person. “I won the election. They didn't win the election. I got a lot more votes than they did. I won the popular vote. I won all 7 swing states by a lot. A lot of people were surprised.”