Palm Oil Detectives<p>Blissful <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bonobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bonobos</span></a> resolve conflict in (mostly) peaceful ways. Maybe they can inspire <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> to be fairer, kinder and more just? Help these remarkable beings to survive <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycottpalmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boycottpalmoil</span></a> 🌴🔥🩸🚜❌ <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycott4Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boycott4Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/apes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primates</span></a></p><p><a href="http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/02/20/bonobos-can-inspire-us-to-make-our-democracies-more-peaceful/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">palmoildetectives.com/2022/02/</span><span class="invisible">20/bonobos-can-inspire-us-to-make-our-democracies-more-peaceful/</span></a></p>
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beSpacific<p>Is It Happening Here? Other countries have watched their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> slip away gradually, w/out <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tanks</span></a> in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are. <a href="https://archive.is/5cFz9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/5cFz9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> When <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ran again, in #2024, his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocratic</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhetoric</span></a> was more pitched. He promised <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a>, a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> of ideological <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemies</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mass</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> on flimsy legal pretexts. WH debuted set of lawn signs 2 highlight undocumented people who have been arrested since Trump’s return 2 power</p>
Giuseppe Michieli<p>80 years after Benito <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mussolini</span></a>’s death, what can <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> today learn from his <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> rise? <a href="https://theconversation.com/80-years-after-benito-mussolinis-death-what-can-democracies-today-learn-from-his-fascist-rise-251154" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/80-years-a</span><span class="invisible">fter-benito-mussolinis-death-what-can-democracies-today-learn-from-his-fascist-rise-251154</span></a></p>
MoscowMigrant<p>That's diplomacy for you. Made by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, supported by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, paid for by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, unnoticed by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>, unfelt by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>.</p><p>Our only chance lies in the unification of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. The current trends of nationalism and division are leading to a strengthening of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>totalitarianism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/13/at-least-21-killed-and-83-injured-in-russian-missile-attack-on-ukraine-s-sumy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/1</span><span class="invisible">3/at-least-21-killed-and-83-injured-in-russian-missile-attack-on-ukraine-s-sumy</span></a></p>
just small circles 🕊<p>Rare colored footage taken right near and directly after the end of WWII.</p><p>"The <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> had precise ideas on how the Germans were to organize their future. The US occupying forces came with well-prepared plans for the structure of administrative bodies, political parties, and cultural life in this new <a href="https://social.coop/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a>, with everything based on the model of Western <a href="https://social.coop/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. At first many Germans had their doubts about this concept."</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/K7JeTqXdH7I?t=2063" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/K7JeTqXdH7I?t=2063</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>What <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> Means. Even critical observers underestimated speed scope of Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. The assault on the constitutional order, on the foundations of democratic self-government have been unprecedented. In mere weeks, Trumpists have managed to turn America from a democratic system albeit one w significant flaws into 1 that no longer deserves to be counted among the world’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> is something else now.<a href="https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/wh</span><span class="invisible">at-authoritarianism-means</span></a></p>
alpha-o 💚🇪🇺🇺🇦<p>15.03.2025: <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romania</span></a> is standing up for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/europeUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europeUnited</span></a> !<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> is the force for the new <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/freeWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeWorld</span></a> ! Forget about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> - it’s only us: The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/european" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>european</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> fighting against <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> !</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"Deep wisdom of the cosmos:</p><p>What is the purpose of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> in the world now?"</p><p>"Dear demoralized <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a>:</p><p>The job of your country now is to serve as a horrifying and disgusting example to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> in the world about what to avoid: the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis"</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-canada-liberal-party" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/05/trump-tar</span><span class="invisible">iffs-canada-liberal-party</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
p2173<p>new report worth reading on <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/civilSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilSociety</span></a> in sliding <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> <a href="https://www.gc.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/2021-05/Sustaining-Civil-Society-Lessons-from-5-Pooled-Funds-FINAL-10-20-19_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gc.cuny.edu/sites/default/file</span><span class="invisible">s/2021-05/Sustaining-Civil-Society-Lessons-from-5-Pooled-Funds-FINAL-10-20-19_1.pdf</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@xankarn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xankarn</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p><p>(1/n) </p><p>I cannot think of a coup in the history of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> that has ever been so openly discussed before the fact (campaign speeches, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, etc.,) than the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpMuskDuumvirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMuskDuumvirate</span></a>. </p><p>The thing to watch, among all over things, is the traditional purge of key military positions, which has been ongoing. For those of them that were shocked, they are not much of a loss for the 🇺🇸, as they..</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/donald-trump/401174/trump-fired-generals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/donald-trump/401174/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-fired-generals</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> agencies treat commitments to foreign agents as sacrosanct, pledging to keep agents safe & shield their identities. Anything that jeopardized that would violate that trust, & could lead some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spy</span></a> services to hold back information from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allies</span></a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> & members of the so-called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FiveEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiveEyes</span></a> spy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/alliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alliance</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>, are examining how to revise current protocols for sharing intelligence taking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s warm relations w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> into account.</p>
DARLENE RYAN 🇨🇦<p>After the horrific & shameful <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpvance</span></a> Oval Office blow up yesterday (Feb 28th/2025) with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelenskyy</span></a> dozens of world <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> stood with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>!!! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpisaNationalDisgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpisaNationalDisgrace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpIsUnfitForOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsUnfitForOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZelenskyyWarHero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZelenskyyWarHero</span></a> 👇👇👇</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"Bad thing in another country horrifies, driving support for the opposite at home"</p><p>I think it helped in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></p><p>I think it will help in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p><p>So the fate of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is to be an example of what poor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunControl</span></a>, no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universalHealthcare</span></a>, and what an unchecked <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis does to a motherfucker:</p><p>Sane observant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> in other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> can avoid our fate</p><p>🥴</p><p>"Anti-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> sentiment drives dramatic upturn in fortunes for Canada’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/canada-liberal-party-poll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/26/canada-liberal-party-poll</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"A month ago, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> was <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentoftheUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentoftheUnited</span></a> States, and for all of his sclerotic tendencies and faults, while he held that office no-one was in any doubt where the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/President" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>President</span></a> stood: that he believed in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Westernalliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westernalliance</span></a>, favoured <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>, abhorred <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/autocracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracies</span></a>, and would defend <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>."</p><p>(2) We're waking up to a new US/Russia axis - by Lewis Goodall<br><a href="https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/were-waking-up-to-a-new-usrussia?utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goodallandgoodluck.substack.co</span><span class="invisible">m/p/were-waking-up-to-a-new-usrussia?utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/savedemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>savedemocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p>Counter- <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> against products from the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> ,decided by national <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a> or the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> , are one thing. But what about <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> behaviour in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> , <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> , <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> & the entire <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> , and actually all <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> in the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> ? Who is still motivated to buy U.S. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/products" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>products</span></a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> as long as the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>administration</span></a> wages a brutal and absurd <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a> against other <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/countries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>countries</span></a> ?</p>
Emus for Entropy<p>Toward more level electoral campaigns </p><p>While other <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> have introduced caps and <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> rules, _South Australia_ has gone further, eliminating the financial ties between donors and politicians altogether. </p><p><a href="https://thepostsa.au/in-the-media/2025/01/24/why-money-doesnt-play-in-politics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thepostsa.au/in-the-media/2025</span><span class="invisible">/01/24/why-money-doesnt-play-in-politics/</span></a></p><p>The TL;DR version<br><quote><br>- Donation ban: <br>All donations to political parties, MPs, and candidates are banned. <br>...</p><p>-Public funding: <br>Instead, campaigns and party operations will be funded through public money, distributed based on election performance. <br>...</p><p>-Spending caps: <br>Strict limits on campaign spending ensure no candidate or party can dominate elections through excessive spending. <br>...</p><p>-Penalties: <br>Severe consequences await those who try to bypass the law, including fines up to $50,000 and prison sentences of up to 10 years.</p><p>-Transparency for third parties: <br>Lobby groups and unions must disclose funding and use separate accounts for political activities, ensuring transparency across the board.<br></quote><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/SAgovau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAgovau</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a></p>
h o ʍ l e t t<p>→ Zuckerberg's free speech pivot will abet Southeast Asia's authoritarians<br><a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Zuckerberg-s-free-speech-pivot-will-abet-Southeast-Asia-s-authoritarians" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Zucker</span><span class="invisible">berg-s-free-speech-pivot-will-abet-Southeast-Asia-s-authoritarians</span></a></p><p>“Autocracies worldwide are not just learning from one another but actively collaborating to tighten their grip on the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> sphere. <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>'s double standard -- resisting regulation in <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> while bowing to <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> demands to protect its <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/market" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>market</span></a> dominance -- risks becoming the blueprint for a darker, more repressive digital <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Autocracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracies</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/worldwide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldwide</span></a></p>
BerlinFokus<p>"Scholars looking to explain the rise of <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> in liberal <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> over the last half century frequently invoke economic insecurity and cultural conflict, but the role of actual <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> is largely overlooked."</p><p><a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/terrorism-and-voting-rise-right-wing-populism-germany" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cepr.org/voxeu/columns/terrori</span><span class="invisible">sm-and-voting-rise-right-wing-populism-germany</span></a></p><p>.</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@FRA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FRA</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> </p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elections2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections2025</span></a> </p><p>It is 5 minutes to midnight to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShutUpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShutUpMusk</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s dangerous meddling in Western <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The sooner it is blocked, at least in Europe, the better.</p><p>It has become a platform for right-wing extremists and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> propaganda in the Kremlin's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HybridWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWarfare</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a>.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AxiosNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AxiosNews</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@axiosnews/world-8egbm08bz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>world-AxiosNews</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.com/@axiosnews/world-8egbm08bz/-/a-ucg8Q8hzTVmM0Fh1iwpNiw%3Aa%3A2150299410-%2F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.com/@axiosnews/world</span><span class="invisible">-8egbm08bz/-/a-ucg8Q8hzTVmM0Fh1iwpNiw%3Aa%3A2150299410-%2F0</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federated.press/@The_Icarian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>The_Icarian</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AUSpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUSpol</span></a> </p><p>(1/n)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpendingLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpendingLimits</span></a> are essential for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. One prime example are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. It went from being capitalist to being a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CitizensUnitedVsFEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnitedVsFEC</span></a> 1).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, in contrast, does right in this respect. Let's include more people with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a>. ;)</p><p>"A tweet from @ politicsnewsusa.bsky.social announces that 👉Australia has passed a bill limiting the amount billionaires can spend on political parties👈 to $20,000. The..."</p>
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