Fascism is a much older political ideology than totalitarianism. A more extreme rightwing authoritarian concept, fascism demands absolute and uncompromising loyalty to the nation or predominant race. Fascists seek to instill a superiority complex and feelings of fear among the citizens against perceived ...
Migranian and I initiated a long discussion over whether we, like many other countries, are fated to go through a period of authoritarian government during the transition to a modern market economy. It has also transpired that some people (as a rule from the ranks of the most radical ...
- 1 - WHAT IS GOVERNANCE? Francis Fukuyama This short note is the beginning of an effort to conceptualize and measure governance, which at this point will amount to nothing more than an elaboration of the issues complexity and the confused state of current discussions. As a starting point, I...
Communism is a political, social, and economic ideology that advocates the replacement of private ownership and profit-based economies with a classless economic system under which the means of production—buildings, machinery, tools, and labor—are communally owned, with private ownership of property e...
a part of the administrative state as a force multiplier. It furthers one position as a party apparatus for the consolidation of power. The administrative state censors what does not agree with its position. This is a process by which it eliminates all opposition toward an authoritarian regime....
So, this “Wahhabization of Sunni Islam” (if it is indeed a fact, and not just a quality of some of the jihadist forces) either has some actual reasons behind it, that regime supporters never will mention, all of them having to do with the actions of the regime, or it is merely ...
(the son of Ali bin Abi Taleb) is reported to have said in a cryptic way: “if all men were equal the world would have been destroyed”. But here equality means “having the same skills”, or “being similar”. Equality is not to be confused with Justice, which is the foundation ...
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of our series here. In 2023, AI policy and regulation went from a niche, nerdy topic to front-page news. This is partly thanks ...
where we saw the Somalian dress that it is claimed she had worn for the past year and a half. We were in tears, awe and very moved by her walk on the tarmac, toward her parents and sister, and we also were “treated” to witnessing the long embrace with her family. Soon, though...
teen djs. some elected officials are influencers, as are many infuriatingly well-dressed pets. so what is an influencer, really? ostensibly, it’s someone who wields influence. (duh.) but that doesn’t really match up with current usage. influencer culture, as we know it today, is ...