I am sending around "Oligarchs’ Island" again, in the immodest conviction that this little satire will have more analytic and predictive power than most of what you read or watch this coming year. snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-... - ThreadSky

timothysnyder.bsky.social • 45 days ago

I am sending around "Oligarchs’ Island" again, in the immodest conviction that this little satire will have more analytic and predictive power than most of what you read or watch this coming year.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-island

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smocarski.bsky.social•45 days ago

I love this analogy - it makes everything that's happening completely relatable and understandable. Well done, Professor. I mean.... Dr. Snyder.

shylaowai.bsky.social•44 days ago

Absolutely brilliant! I wonder if, instead of an American faction ON the island, there could be influence from outside, such as Congresspeople not fully under the oligarchs’ influence. Could it be a peninsula? Or like Mont St Michel, an island only at high tide?

mundoh.bsky.social•45 days ago

This is great. Thank you Dr. Snyder.

farseeing.bsky.social•44 days ago

Frightening.
Just FRIGHTENING

designsbyrsh.bsky.social•38 days ago

What a read!🤯

drosgood.bsky.social•45 days ago

An island of Thurston Musk the IIIs and no way to escape it?

I might be down for that.

rosemmason.bsky.social•44 days ago

The Substack essay you posted 2 days later, is also worth a read/reread. Nov. 14, 2024. "The Submission Chain: The Transitive Property and Trump"
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-submission-chain

mizzmegan08.bsky.social•44 days ago

In addition to the oligarchy vehicle -
1960's sitcoms are ripe, though perhaps SNL is a better vehicle for them:
Jose's Heroes - antics at an alien interment camp;
My Three Sons - with Elmo as Uncle Charley
Crypto Acres - Mr. Haney with skin bronzer; Lisa same accent but used to model lingerie.

jerichojones.bsky.social•45 days ago

All Oligarchs should have the letter L added to the front of their name. For example, “L. Mark Zuckerberg”.

I like the sound of that.

bookishdemocrat.bsky.social•45 days ago

I only have three paid Substack subscriptions and yours is one of them. Well worth my limited budget.

lisbethjo.bsky.social•44 days ago

Quite the story. How I wish we could send them off to the island.

papez107.bsky.social•44 days ago

And by island you mean mars right?

baitnickel.bsky.social•44 days ago

📌

1oldlady.bsky.social•44 days ago

Watch the HUNT and The Tournament

jackyjay.bsky.social•44 days ago

Brilliantly done! But the doom+gloom shines through, and things have gotten even darker since November. The most troubling aspect of a group of egomaniacal oligarchs setting out to bring down democracy, civil rights, intl law and peace is that they will not build anything new, but only leave ruin.

iamthejen.bsky.social•44 days ago

I don't have your fella Tim, but your quote was spot on for NAFO 🤗✨

1wag.bsky.social•44 days ago

The link in the article about Russian TV airing Melania's nudes is broken. The post is gone from Xitter. You might want to link to Snopes' evaluation of the claim (True):

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-tv-melania-trump

Also, the article is excellent. Thank you.

brunopara.bsky.social•45 days ago

Funny. Reminds me of Ben Elton's Stark.

madonnahatesputin.bsky.social•44 days ago

Because🙄👇

shannygay.bsky.social•45 days ago

🎯

overit1971.bsky.social•45 days ago

We need a new movement: Don’t feed the Oligarchs. Stop spending money and using companies that support authoritarianism: Meta, Amazon, Apple, etc… #don’tfeedtheologarchs

antidote-of-hate.bsky.social•44 days ago

Agreed! See pinned on this account. Starve the oligarchy instead of eat the rich.

arlie.bsky.social•44 days ago

Please, keeping putting “Oligarchs’ Island” out there. Important reading!!

whynownews.bsky.social•45 days ago

A wonderful read...but why does that photo of Gilligan look like Kash Patel...🤔

sgtgranny.bsky.social•44 days ago

chibio.bsky.social•45 days ago

The eyes.

waytoolate.bsky.social•39 days ago

The whole show centers around them pooping in the fresh water supply.

deweydiva1.bsky.social•44 days ago

Billigan

utahcornell.bsky.social•44 days ago

This is a great satire!

smcgaston.bsky.social•44 days ago

This made my head explode 🤯. It would be funny if it didn’t convey so much despair, inevitability…

chiffonelle29.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thank you, Timothy

rwhetsel.bsky.social•7 days ago

For some reason can't get into today's Bluesky, so here for the suggestion hopper.... Enrico Letta as effective envoy from Europe to any talks....?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Letta

rwhetsel.bsky.social•43 days ago

Really good in my view. This genre, this use of words creates strength.

thunderballs2.bsky.social•43 days ago

This article is safe to read. It was not written by a bot, i.e. "He {Musk}will antagonize everyone {on the Island}, but "the" {they} cannot go on without him. Ok, read the damn article and learn. Coming next in Part 2 , Lord of the Flies.

lajssostorm.bsky.social•44 days ago

@timothysnyder.bsky.social = one of the best "thinkers" of our time.

szqtoo.bsky.social•43 days ago

This was brilliant. You are brilliant. We need more of your voice everywhere. It's scary to think what damage will be done before oligarchs Island implodes. Can you give us a scenario for fighting back or to protect us from the oligarchs Island?

lonestargooner.bsky.social•45 days ago

Thank you, sir.

lonestargooner.bsky.social•45 days ago

📌

lewstime.bsky.social•44 days ago

The last episode of the show, "Gilligan the Goddess", aired on April 17, 1967, and ended just like the rest, with the castaways still stranded on the island...
It was not known at the time that it would be the series finale, as a fourth season was expected--but then canceled. 🤞[Wikipedia]

mostlytrue.bsky.social•44 days ago

@netflix.com

cryearth.bsky.social•44 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/cryearth.bsky.social/post/3lfgaxmxcyk2d

tremain.bsky.social•44 days ago

That is a fabulous read and I have sent it to everyone I think would want it.

lostgenxer.bsky.social•45 days ago

Thanks for re-sharing. It seems that treating the oligarchy as farcical serves a dual purpose as well. I recall (happily) how ‘Ginger’ reacted to being ridiculed during the campaign. Seems that ‘Gilligan’ doesn’t care for it much either. It’s a brilliant way of taking away power.

annaoba2.bsky.social•44 days ago

Great read.

ylvie.bsky.social•44 days ago

Thanks.

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