the territorial integrity and political independence of governments regardless of their democratic or undemocratic character; (2) a popular conception that privileges the rights of peoples rather than governments, especially when widespread human rights violations are committed by a totalitarian regime. On...
The premise of thebookitself is paradoxical. The animals want equal rights to the humans, but in their quest for equality, the animals end up in a totalitarian regime that relies on class differences. The apparent paradox of the story is summed up by the quote. "The first rule about fight...
What Does Autocratic Mean? Autocratic states involve the imposition of power over others by one person (or group) and their armed underlings. Pharaohs, emperors, and despots are autocrats. Arguably, the recent regime of Kim Jong Un qualifies as an autocracy since it was a unitary state organ...
And come to think about it, “antisemitism” does not mean much today (except for a very few “white” nostalgics) as it refers to a particular political discourse that is part of a specific period of time that sees the consolidation of national projects in nineteenth century and beginning ...
In short: it is very likely that the Iranian regime will turn the nuclear issue into a tug of war, into a permanent crisis to make Western governments pay for it, but for now, the drama is in the headlines, not in the facts. The Trump Administration does not want to wage war and ...
This may be the first time in recent history that a candidate for regime change can put their foot down and have the firepower to back up that decision … Coming back to the Ukraine, it appears that the country has been prepared to become a powder keg for initiating “regime change” in...
As Princeton mathematician Sergiu Klainerman, an immigrant to the US and refugee from Nicolae Ceausescu’ Communist Romania (anyone who has lived or spent time in and under a totalitarian regime knows why this history matters)describes, American colleges and universities, as well as many other insti...
Imagination is a danger thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of imagination to keep on conjouring and proposing alternative futures to the single one the king wants to urge as the only thinkable one. —Walter...
Twentieth-century political philosopher Hannah Arendt felt that the ideal acolytes for totalitarian leaders were those who could no longer distinguish between truth and fiction. Through social media, you can create your own narratives and then pump it out to your followers. And if you decide you ...
How does fascism view democratic institutions? Fascism views democratic institutions as weak and corrupt, preferring a totalitarian regime where the leader's decisions are unchallenged. 10 What is the main difference between monarchy and fascism? The main difference lies in their basis of rule; monar...