US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
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Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#2It's challenging to comprehend this administration's "Strong with the weak, weak with the strong" approach to geopolitics.
What's the end game here?
Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#3It's challenging to comprehend this administration's "Strong with the weak, weak with the strong" approach to geopolitics. What's the end game here?
The end game is a club of authoritarians and an end to liberal democracy worldwide.
Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#4International politics is revealing itself to operate on the principles of the mafia, where basically everything is leverage and where 'imposing costs' is the primary tool of discipline. Perhaps,'twas ever thus and Trump's main crime is being so crude about it that deniability is no longer plausible
Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#5International politics is revealing itself to operate on the principles of the mafia, where basically everything is leverage and where 'imposing costs' is the primary tool of discipline. Perhaps,'twas ever thus and Trump's main crime is being so crude about it that deniability is no longer plausible
Yep, it always was.
Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#6It's challenging to comprehend this administration's "Strong with the weak, weak with the strong" approach to geopolitics. What's the end game here?
The end game is a club of authoritarians and an end to liberal democracy worldwide.
The proponents of liberal democracy should have sold it better.
Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#7International politics is revealing itself to operate on the principles of the mafia, where basically everything is leverage and where 'imposing costs' is the primary tool of discipline. Perhaps,'twas ever thus and Trump's main crime is being so crude about it that deniability is no longer plausible
Yep, it always was.
cooperation show greater benefits in general.
Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
The end game is a club of authoritarians and an end to liberal democracy worldwide.
The proponents of liberal democracy should have sold it better.
I don't disagree.
Liberal Democracy inevitably leads to corporate capture and then Fascism, as the US is demonstrating beautifully right now.
The ideal form of government is Titoism, with strong repression of regressive forces.
Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The end game is a club of authoritarians and an end to liberal democracy worldwide.
The proponents of liberal democracy should have sold it better.
> The proponents of liberal democracy should have sold it better.
That sounds an awful lot like victim-blaming.
What's worse is that your blend of comments somehow omits the fact that fascism is not being openly pushed onto people. Instead, fascists frame their intentions as granting them the authority to impose populist policies within the framework of liberal democracies. The problem is that, as Nazi Germany proved, once these fascists are in power they pull a bait-and-switch onto their own supporters.
Re: US revokes visas of Brazilian judges after crack down on ex-president Bolsonaro
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The proponents of liberal democracy should have sold it better.
> The proponents of liberal democracy should have sold it better. That sounds an awful lot like victim-blaming. What's worse is that your blend of comments somehow omits the fact that fascism is not being openly pushed onto people. Instead, fascists frame their intentions as granting them the authority to impose populist policies within the framework of liberal democracies. The problem is that, as Nazi Germany proved…
It is fascist rhetoric taking delight that their authoritarian project has succeeded.