Tag Archives: Authoritarianism

Liberty Pen: Charles Krauthammer- Insights on Big Government

Source: The New Democrat At risk of stating obvious ( not that I’ve never taken that risk before ) and I feel in this case it might be necessary since the term big government gets thrown out a lot I … Continue reading

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Professor Noam Chomsky: The Nanny State

Source:The New Democrat “Noam Chomsky – The Nanny State” From Chomsky’s Philosophy Noam Chomsky’s definition of a nanny state, is what almost every else including people who favor the nanny state on both wings of the American political spectrum, would call … Continue reading

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Notes on Liberty: Bruno Gonclaves: ‘Communism/Socialism is Rubbish- Both in Practice & In Theory’

“I’m getting tired of reading and listening to so-called libertarian or conservative people saying that “in theory socialism is beautiful.” No, it’s not. In theory, socialism can be summed up as “the end of private property.” This is how Karl … Continue reading

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Politics & Prose: Timothy Snyder: ‘The Road To Unfreedom’

Source:The New Democrat  “Snyder’s follow-up to On Tyranny moves from showing how to resist authoritarianism to tracing the path of its recent resurgence. Starting with Putin’s consolidation of power in Russia, Snyder charts the rise of nationalists and oligarchs from … Continue reading

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The Rubin Report: Dave Rubin Interviewing David Frum- Donald Trump, Russia & Impeachment

Source:The New Democrat “Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to David Frum (Senior Editor, The Atlantic) about his new book “Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic,” his thoughts on Trump and Russia, the possibility of impeachment, views on … Continue reading

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Daniel J. Mitchell: ‘Three More Reasons To Laugh At Communism’

“I sometimes feel guilty when I mock communism. Should I really be joking about an ideology that directly or indirectly caused 100 million deaths? Are laughs appropriate when there is ongoing torture, abuse, and starvation in communist hellholes such as … Continue reading

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Politics & Prose: David Frum- Trumpocracy

Source:The New Democrat David Frum’s Trumpocracy argues that thanks to President Donald Trump and perhaps other people and other things our liberal democracy and liberal democratic form of government is at risk. That Donald Trump represents a right-wing nationalist populist … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Molly Worthen- Lectures in History: 20 Century Fundamentalism

Source:The New Democrat According to Wikipedia: A fundamentalist, “is a person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion.” That could cover any religion anywhere in the world but generally its’s Protestants in America and Muslims … Continue reading

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The Economist: Srdja Popovic Interviewing Bassem Youssef- Revolution For Dummies

Source:The New Democrat What I would say about this is that it takes a special type of narcissist to want to be a dictator, let alone actually be a dictator. Regardless of whatever authoritarian ideology you come from. Whether it’s … Continue reading

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Politics & Prose: Alec Baldwin & Kurt Anderson- Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump

Source:The New Democrat “Alec Baldwin reads, in character as Donald Trump, from his book with Kurt Andersen ” You Can’t Spell America Without ME” From Politics and Prose If there is one thing that you can give Donald Trump credit for … Continue reading

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