Facism
- (noun, uncountable)
- Any ideological movement characterized by its supporters' surprise that that its leaders would eat their faces.
- Example: "Who knew when I voted for the Face-Eating Leopards Party that that it would be a vote for facism?!"
Some states can have recall votes for governor but there's nothing like that at the federal level, is there?
The other "democratic removal process" is impeachment for crimes, but we've seen what happens with that nowadays.
The UK dumped impeachment a couple of centuries ago, deciding legal matters should be decided by the courts, not politicians. Unfortunately with the terrorism he directs at judges who don't kowtow to him, and the likes of Aileen Cannon peppering the system, even the judiciary can't be relied on. ☹️
Is it, like, safe for Scott to be going the US now, let alone doing a queer show?
Is it OK if I rely on US technology (Privacy Badger) to block US technology (an Instagram widget in that article)? 😀
Taiwan has a lot of experience in this area and has been doing some interesting work.
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/democracy/taiwans-fight-against-digital-disinformation/77507254
- https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-lessons-can-taiwan-share-with-the-world-on-election-interference/
By the way, free-libre software programmer Audrey Tang, who has been fighting CCP disinformation from outside and now inside the government, was one of the group who first proposed the Euro Stack, for European IT sovereignty from outside powers and companies.
It's totally objectifying to talk about Marjorie Taylor Greene like that.
Unacceptable to who? (Or "unacceptable to whom?" if you're even more pedantic than... I.)
Here's a clip from a three-decade old movie showing a clip from a movie that was itself already three-decades old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiymQJsC8M
(Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Bruce Lee's reaction as he and Linda watch Breakfast at Tiffany's.)
It was pretty shitty behaviour then and now. The change is just whether people not directly targeted by it realized it, or faced consequences for it.
I mean, that position worked so well for Liz Truss!
(It's times like these I really wish the US had a parliamentary system, where the party can ditch an albatross leader.)
When some members of the Pintupi tribe in Australia heard rumours of several "lost" brethren in the outback, separated for decades since the tribe's forced removal to clear an area for missile testing, and wanted to re-establish relations with them (consensually, without the force typically imposed on them in the past), the one opening gift they immediately thought of?
Sugar. Mind-blowingly sweet sugar.
McMahon did not want to put the group under any pressure to join the community, but he witnessed the moment they were persuaded. "It was unthinkable that they would stay out there because the modern world was so seductive. One of the fellows suggested, 'Give them a taste of the sugar and they'll be in for sure.'"
Indeed, the taste of sugar had a big impact on the Pintupi Nine and it is this aspect of their story which now animates them most. "I tasted the sugar, we didn't know what it was, but it was so sweet. I tasted the sugar and it tasted so sweet - like the Kulun Kulun flower. My mother tasted it and it was so sweet. It was good," says Warlimpirrnga.
They had the relatively recent events of the English Civil Wars and the Glorious Revolution to remind them of the occasional need to remove a head of state (pun intended).
But in those cases, the legislature (Parliament) was the instigator and antagonist of the fight against a tyrant. I guess they never imagined the legislature (Congress) becoming the faithful/cowed lapdog of a tyrant that would consistently fail to use the power the constitution gives it.