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Written 90 years ago in 1935, the words of in his “Notes on the Next War” should resonate with every thoughtful reader.

@mnutty

And the tools for that have only improved…

@xs4me2

Sadly that is the case. The big question is whether we can turn those sane tools on those who would oppress his for their own enrichment?

@mnutty

Well in Rumania it worked where the Russians tried to affect the elections. In Germany Musk with his fascist AfD friends did not succeed.

Gotta fight back. Violently if needed. Democracy is worth being defended.
Karl Popper's paradox is still valid...

Martin Nutty

@xs4me2

The challange is to stop the spread of this toxicity before it gains more purchase and crushes lives.

New is thriving as a result of discontent with the order. Time for a better model that learns from past failures. I’m troubled by the absence of a countervailing narrative that plants a flag in defense of all that is good in democracy,

@mnutty

Agree, exactly my analysis. Neoliberal capitalism has widened the gap between poor and very rich.

The dissatisfaction and resentment is the motor for pied pipers like Trump but also Farage, Le Pen, Wilders etc etc... but populists never have had solutions...