lmorgenbesser.bsky.social
Political Scientist, Griffith University | Fellow, Australian Research Council | Authoritarian politics, democratization, dictators, election observation, Southeast Asian politics.
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Correct! With the recent arrests of Democrat politicians, ICE now meets all five criteria for identifying a secret police force:
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I published this article in late May (before the arrest of Mayor Baraka in Newark). It evaluates ICE against the five criteria used to classify secret police forces -
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By itself this latest operation ticks two of the five boxes.
They are a secret police force.
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Here is how things are going in "Way of the Dictator" š
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That is how I code him in class with students. What a stupid way to go as a dictator haha
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How do you code Chad's Idriss Deby? What a way to go for a dictator.
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I published this in late May. The subsequent arrest of Mayor Baraka in Newark pushed ICE over the edge into the world of secret police.
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Scarily similar...
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In Australia, you wake up to bad news from America everyday. You dread opening Bluesky out of fear of what the orange clown has done now.
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Fuck me, he did a Sieg Heil like 10 mins into his reign. Start with that little nugget.
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As predicted:
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Can confirm:
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I suspect there has been a deliberate breakdown in the journalās peer review processā¦
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The surprising moment when hotel bellhop says "rebellions are built on hope" made me gasp. Was beautiful.
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Not just the best Star Wars ever, but some of the best television ever.
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I published this article a few weeks ago. Barakaās arrest means ICE now meets all five criteria for being a secret police forceā¦š¤¬
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Authoritarian regimes use pre-emptive repression of this kind to deter the masses from later mobilizing against them.
Further, it is a core responsiblity of secret police forces. With Baraka's arrest, ICE now meets every criteria to be defined as such -
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I wrote this a few weeks ago. His arrest means ICE now meets all five criteria for being a secret police force.
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Each injustice is more shocking than the last, but it will only get worseā¦
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Agree on the secret police -
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Wonder how many Star Wars references political scientists can weave into media discourse during Trump's term. I will take up the challenge!
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Least surprising development ever...
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Here is where I think ICE is heading -
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I published this yesterday š³
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The worst is yet to come @mehdirhasan.bsky.social š¤
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Like I said yesterday -
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I have an op-ed coming out soon that argues ICE is becoming a secret police force.
Which is not a claim I make lightly.
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If the bureaucracy only gives the dictator good news then it is an extension of Wintrobeās dilemma. What a fool to believe this nonsense.