Arc Digital
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'Placing America at the center of all world events sacrifices clarity and understanding for a narcissistic theory of international relations.'
š„š„š„from Alan Elrod
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It can't happen here. Someone'll stop him. Right?
Maybe not.
In @Arcdigi, Alan Elrod argues that supporters of US Constitutional democracy should imagine some dark scenariosāenemies of democracy sure areāand face the possibilities to head them off in advance
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āTrumpism requires that we think fantastically. This is not so easy. Even for many pessimists, it is difficult to truly contemplate disastrous outcomes.ā
Read my new ā¦Arc Digitalā© column on the need to entertain the worst versions of a Trumpian future arcdigital.media/p/can-you-imagā¦
'Responding to the 1999 apartment bombings helped Putin showcase his ruthless competence, failing to stop the March 2024 attack makes him look weak, especially with elites in Moscow whose support he needs.'
-Terrorism prof @ngrossman81 on the Moscow attack
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Read Nicholas Grossmanās excellent early a analysis of the Moscow attacks at Arc Digital
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My early analysis of the Moscow attack, in Arc Digital
-Unlike 1999 apartment bombings, false flag makes no sense
-MO, claim fit ISIS
-Russia might use as excuse anyway
-Intel failure echoes Oct 7; Russia dismissed US warnings like Israel did Egypt's
and more
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'Does a George Floyd Quackumentary Deserve to be Treated Like Valid Journalism?'
My response to those who attacked me over Radley Balko's piece at The UnPopulist calling out heterodox types for peddling the false claims in a biased documentary.
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Absolute š„š„š„ from shikha sood dalmia. This is how you respond to baseless criticismāmeticulously and decisively.
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It was nice to hear my latest Arc Digital piece referenced in this great discussion between Greg Sargent and Jacob Heilbrunn on the entanglements of the American right with illiberal and authoritarian leaders around the world.
Hereās my essay: arcdigital.media/p/the-anti-libā¦
What can the Biden campaign do in response to the Uncommitted protest vote over US Gaza policy?
'The easy answer is listen to these Michigan voters, and change US foreign policy to push for a ceasefire in Gaza. But that gets complicated fast.'
@ngrossman81
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'The great irony is that,' if these opponents of Enlightenment values live in Western countries, they're 'beneficiaries of the principles they are working so hard to overthrow.'
Adam Wakeling
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Putin, Orban, Wilders, Le Pen, and Trump all 'promote a politics hostile to pluralism, sexual and cultural freedom, and tolerationāthings that make liberal democracies great, which illiberals the world over detest.'
Alan Elrod
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New, from me, on how the media has by and large botched their coverage of Biden's current cognitive state.
BONUS: my partner in crime shikha sood dalmia on Elon's incessant peddling of the Great Replacement conspiracy.
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Enlightenment 'detractors are inevitably selective in their criticism. Anti-vaxxers freely go to hospitals... Western radicals use their freedom of speech to praise the Houthis while the Houthis and their sponsors in Tehran kill dissidents.'
Adam Wakeling
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Enlightenment values are under threat from widespread acceptance of misinformation and contempt for liberal democracy on the not-really-still-fringes, but their complaints are selective, and they enjoy the benefits.
Good read by Adam Wakeling in @Arcdigi.
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Iām back at Arc Digital talking about what links many of the new anti-liberals across the West and why so many of them admire Putin
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Putins' Western admirers 'do not necessarily desire a Moscow-led order,' writes Alan Elrod in Arc Digital. But their desire for an 'anti-liberal network of nations, driven by strong ethnonationalism and religious paternalism, serves as a broad common ground.'
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For The UnPopulist I wrote about how Tim Scott sold his soul in exchange for a shot at Trump's veepstakes.
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