Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Reposted from
Don Moynihan
New, from me: Tulsi Gabbard purged trans intelligence officers after a Chris Rufo smear campaign.
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...
Comments
Textbook stuff:
https://bsky.app/profile/davidmwessel.bsky.social/post/3ljgitod6ds2m
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do."
B) They're going to cur your funding anyway, so call it Gulf of Mexico, tell them to get fucked, and make them look like shitheads when they pull your funding for such pettiness.