Tag: totalitarianism
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America’s 400 days to save democracy
The United States was once regarded as the stronghold of democracy. Its Constitution inspired revolutions, and its institutions were treated as models across the world. Yet today, that image is cracking. Timothy Garton Ash warns that Americans have barely 400 days to save their republic. The warning is not rhetorical. It reflects a reality where…
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Let’s do it the Chinese way. It cannot be more dangerous
China is rising—not just in GDP and infrastructure, but in influence. While America dithers and Europe stalls, China acts. To many, this looks like the future. Roads are built. Orders are obeyed. Pandemics are crushed. Political chaos is replaced by seamless authority. For some observers, this is not terrifying—it is inspiring. I wrote an article…
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Totalitarianism vs. facade democracy
In contemporary political discourse, the distinction between overt totalitarian regimes and covertly controlled facade democracies has garnered significant attention. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been a prominent critic of these dynamics, highlighting the mechanisms through which power operates in ostensibly free societies. This article delves into Assange’s perspectives, contrasting the explicit oppression in…
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Censorship, auto-censorship, and post-Snowden era
I live in a country that experienced all of this. Hardcore censorship, auto-censorship, and – finally – the post-Snowden internet era. There is an ongoing, finitely not answered question of whether there are more naive people who grew up in totalitarianism or people who grew up in a functional democracy. We can be aware of…
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European parody of freedom of speech
They say freedom of speech is embedded in the constitutions of many European countries. But what kind of freedom of speech do they mean? You cannot loathe the Romani people, Jews, adhere to Nazism, promote ideologies that repress human rights. The tattoos are banned and so on. I remember an article published in some Czech…