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politics

Populismus ohne Populisten: Wie Kommunikation politische Instabilität verstärkt

Populismus entsteht nicht allein durch gezielte Manipulation. Kommunikationssysteme begünstigen bereits die Mechanismen, die Polarisierung, Misstrauen und politische Instabilität verstärken.

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power

the strange ontology of power

Extreme wealth is not independence. It is an unusually successful dependence upon everyone else.

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Philosophy

stasis, stasi, status, state

A country does not collapse when it disagrees; it collapses when disagreement becomes the structure that holds it together.

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politics

australia, please…

Populists tell you they’re going to smash the system for your benefit. Funny how it still always seems to end with the rich getting richer, the government getting worse, and everyone else paying for the repairs.

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politics

political speed-dating down under: the golden bulldozer

Australia’s political speed-dating with One Nation suggests that what has happened in the USA is not an exception, it is a franchised political method.