Destroying fascism will require a little illiberalism
October 28, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Destroying fascism will require a little illiberalism
In most areas we'd recognize a call for regulations to strictly enforce and strengthen existing social hierarchies as repugnant illiberalism. But not in land use where you see this demand all the time.
"Why are both AB and BC Conservative governments hating on multiplexes?"
Well, this e-mail from the VP of a major real estate services & investment firm to the Premier of AB and Edmonton City Council should give some hints.
Well, this e-mail from the VP of a major real estate services & investment firm to the Premier of AB and Edmonton City Council should give some hints.
October 31, 2026 at 11:38 AM
In most areas we'd recognize a call for regulations to strictly enforce and strengthen existing social hierarchies as repugnant illiberalism. But not in land use where you see this demand all the time.
“the margins we are all seeing tonight are stunning. It’s a clear blowout, a political earthquake, a clear repudiation of Trump and his historic abandonment and betrayal of the American people, of his corruption and illiberalism-” open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
November 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM
“the margins we are all seeing tonight are stunning. It’s a clear blowout, a political earthquake, a clear repudiation of Trump and his historic abandonment and betrayal of the American people, of his corruption and illiberalism-” open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
It’s a great day to get out there and cast your vote to repudiate and defy Trump, MAGA, Christian nationalists, fascists, and all the forces of illiberalism.
November 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
It’s a great day to get out there and cast your vote to repudiate and defy Trump, MAGA, Christian nationalists, fascists, and all the forces of illiberalism.
I share @mcopelov.bsky.social’s gratitude to everyone whose work to preserve free elections led to this Election Day.
The USA has only been a full-ish democracy since 1965, & our union remained fragile & flawed.
Now, we’ve slid towards illiberalism:
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Much to do.
The USA has only been a full-ish democracy since 1965, & our union remained fragile & flawed.
Now, we’ve slid towards illiberalism:
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Much to do.
November 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I share @mcopelov.bsky.social’s gratitude to everyone whose work to preserve free elections led to this Election Day.
The USA has only been a full-ish democracy since 1965, & our union remained fragile & flawed.
Now, we’ve slid towards illiberalism:
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Much to do.
The USA has only been a full-ish democracy since 1965, & our union remained fragile & flawed.
Now, we’ve slid towards illiberalism:
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Much to do.
"In redressing PiS’s transgressions, [Tusk] faced a “post-illiberal trilemma”: In principle, [Tusk] was committed to delivering quick, effective, and unimpeachably legal solutions to illiberalism. In practice however, it could often fulfill at best only two of these three conditions at once."
October 31, 2026 at 6:24 AM
"In redressing PiS’s transgressions, [Tusk] faced a “post-illiberal trilemma”: In principle, [Tusk] was committed to delivering quick, effective, and unimpeachably legal solutions to illiberalism. In practice however, it could often fulfill at best only two of these three conditions at once."
Do you know what annoys me the most about this? It's not the illiberalism, it's that she is misusing statistics.
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November 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Do you know what annoys me the most about this? It's not the illiberalism, it's that she is misusing statistics.
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Hungarian 'illiberalism' was in such a state of decay it was a house of cards.
Ironically exactly at the same time it was considered 'a model solution' in USA.
It was like copying Soviet model of governance in mid 1980s.
Ironically exactly at the same time it was considered 'a model solution' in USA.
It was like copying Soviet model of governance in mid 1980s.
October 31, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Hungarian 'illiberalism' was in such a state of decay it was a house of cards.
Ironically exactly at the same time it was considered 'a model solution' in USA.
It was like copying Soviet model of governance in mid 1980s.
Ironically exactly at the same time it was considered 'a model solution' in USA.
It was like copying Soviet model of governance in mid 1980s.
Right illiberalism is inherently vastly more like left illiberalism than either is to liberalism.
Sorry, not sorry.
Sorry, not sorry.
November 1, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Right illiberalism is inherently vastly more like left illiberalism than either is to liberalism.
Sorry, not sorry.
Sorry, not sorry.
If you missed it, the video from our event, Is There Room for Revolutionary Conservatives in Liberal Democracy, is now out! Give it a watch! @lkatfield.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ad...
Is There Room for Revolutionary Conservatives in Liberal Democracy? Lessons from the U.S. and Poland
YouTube video by Illiberalism Studies Program
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
If you missed it, the video from our event, Is There Room for Revolutionary Conservatives in Liberal Democracy, is now out! Give it a watch! @lkatfield.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ad...
I just DO NOT CARE about "capitalism" or "socialism" or any of that. It's abstract bullshit for ideologues of all persuasions to argue about. I care about "liberalism" and "illiberalism".
October 31, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I just DO NOT CARE about "capitalism" or "socialism" or any of that. It's abstract bullshit for ideologues of all persuasions to argue about. I care about "liberalism" and "illiberalism".
Whether Meta favored Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s election will “need to wait for new revelations, research, or, ideally, a full investigation,” write Clara Iglesias Keller, Robert Gorwa and João C. Magalhães. But they argue the episode offers lessons for how platform governance is changing.
Brazil Shows Platform Illiberalism is Big Tech’s New Normal
Clara Iglesias Keller, Robert Gorwa and João C. Magalhães ask, what exactly happened in Brazil, and what does it tell us about platform governance?
www.techpolicy.press
November 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Whether Meta favored Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s election will “need to wait for new revelations, research, or, ideally, a full investigation,” write Clara Iglesias Keller, Robert Gorwa and João C. Magalhães. But they argue the episode offers lessons for how platform governance is changing.
Loothing and violence are perfectly fine. And conspiracy theories won't help to clear the situation. Radical tactics are valid and assumed in face of the level of illiberalism we reached.
October 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Loothing and violence are perfectly fine. And conspiracy theories won't help to clear the situation. Radical tactics are valid and assumed in face of the level of illiberalism we reached.
There’s a far more pervasive source of illiberalism in America, one that is already reshaping social norms that have been the bedrock of liberal society for decades.
It’s college-educated women, particularly younger ones. | Daniel Foster
https://ow.ly/x89I5102B0o
It’s college-educated women, particularly younger ones. | Daniel Foster
https://ow.ly/x89I5102B0o
The Source of Illiberalism No One Talks About | National Review
Young college-educated women are reshaping social norms that have been the bedrock of liberal society for decades.
ow.ly
October 30, 2026 at 7:09 PM
There’s a far more pervasive source of illiberalism in America, one that is already reshaping social norms that have been the bedrock of liberal society for decades.
It’s college-educated women, particularly younger ones. | Daniel Foster
https://ow.ly/x89I5102B0o
It’s college-educated women, particularly younger ones. | Daniel Foster
https://ow.ly/x89I5102B0o
🧵 1) "Morning all. This is a very important day in American history. One of the most important. Let the American people choose as wisely as voters in Hungary, Serbia, Brazil, and Israel have this year, and may we choose democracy and freedom over Trump, illiberalism and oligarchy." Simon Rosenberg
November 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
🧵 1) "Morning all. This is a very important day in American history. One of the most important. Let the American people choose as wisely as voters in Hungary, Serbia, Brazil, and Israel have this year, and may we choose democracy and freedom over Trump, illiberalism and oligarchy." Simon Rosenberg
In case you missed it in person, the recording of our event with
@gscheiring.bsky.social is now live on our YouTube channel. Give it a watch! @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@gscheiring.bsky.social is now live on our YouTube channel. Give it a watch! @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
How Democracies Revive: Why Illiberalism Keeps Winning and What to Do About It
YouTube video by Illiberalism Studies Program
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In case you missed it in person, the recording of our event with
@gscheiring.bsky.social is now live on our YouTube channel. Give it a watch! @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@gscheiring.bsky.social is now live on our YouTube channel. Give it a watch! @ieres-gwu.bsky.social
Brazil’s vote “illustrates the concrete peril of allowing digital platforms’ content governance regimes to operate without direct democratic transparency,” write Clara Iglesias Keller, Robert Gorwa and João C. Magalhães, noting Brazil has no comprehensive platform law.
Brazil Shows Platform Illiberalism is Big Tech’s New Normal
Clara Iglesias Keller, Robert Gorwa and João C. Magalhães ask, what exactly happened in Brazil, and what does it tell us about platform governance?
buff.ly
October 31, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Brazil’s vote “illustrates the concrete peril of allowing digital platforms’ content governance regimes to operate without direct democratic transparency,” write Clara Iglesias Keller, Robert Gorwa and João C. Magalhães, noting Brazil has no comprehensive platform law.
or just like, a un-self-aware illiberalism which longs for the mandating of restrictive and exclusionary systems of “belonging” as necessarily a superior way of life, but since we’re leftists we’ll pretend the traditions we’re longing for were great for everyone
October 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
or just like, a un-self-aware illiberalism which longs for the mandating of restrictive and exclusionary systems of “belonging” as necessarily a superior way of life, but since we’re leftists we’ll pretend the traditions we’re longing for were great for everyone
We could lose America because of @rephaleystevens.bsky.social selfishness.
Can we imagine Rogers standing up to Trump or JD Vance (God forbid he becomes president).
Rogers is NOT going to stand up for liberal democracy. He's going to let Vance's illiberalism reign.
Can we imagine Rogers standing up to Trump or JD Vance (God forbid he becomes president).
Rogers is NOT going to stand up for liberal democracy. He's going to let Vance's illiberalism reign.
November 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
We could lose America because of @rephaleystevens.bsky.social selfishness.
Can we imagine Rogers standing up to Trump or JD Vance (God forbid he becomes president).
Rogers is NOT going to stand up for liberal democracy. He's going to let Vance's illiberalism reign.
Can we imagine Rogers standing up to Trump or JD Vance (God forbid he becomes president).
Rogers is NOT going to stand up for liberal democracy. He's going to let Vance's illiberalism reign.
But when a system is already so broken and corrupted you usually can't make all the proper corrections via strictly "constitutional" means. Which this paper identifies as a Post-Illiberal Trilemma www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/dem...
Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland | Journal of Democracy
Restoring liberalism after illiberalism is no easy task: Leaders face hard choices between acting quickly and effectively while maintaining a commitment to democratic procedure. Worse…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
October 31, 2026 at 5:49 AM
But when a system is already so broken and corrupted you usually can't make all the proper corrections via strictly "constitutional" means. Which this paper identifies as a Post-Illiberal Trilemma www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/dem...
Why are the liberal nov '24 accounts always so loud and wrong?
(rhetorical question)
(rhetorical question)
November 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Why are the liberal nov '24 accounts always so loud and wrong?
(rhetorical question)
(rhetorical question)
Im Mittelpunkt steht „Platform Illiberalism“: die zunehmende Verflechtung digitaler Plattformen mit den Interessen der extremen Rechten.
Clara Iglesias Keller vom Weizenbaum-Institut erklärt den Begriff so:
Clara Iglesias Keller vom Weizenbaum-Institut erklärt den Begriff so:
October 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Im Mittelpunkt steht „Platform Illiberalism“: die zunehmende Verflechtung digitaler Plattformen mit den Interessen der extremen Rechten.
Clara Iglesias Keller vom Weizenbaum-Institut erklärt den Begriff so:
Clara Iglesias Keller vom Weizenbaum-Institut erklärt den Begriff so:
I feel like the record is more mixed? The Porfiriato ultimately ended poorly for Mexico, but Meiji-era illiberalism might've been unwound successfully if the Emperor Taishō had lived? Singapore seems to have transitioned steadily away from the Lee Kuan Yew era?
Who is the next test of this? Kagame?
Who is the next test of this? Kagame?
November 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I feel like the record is more mixed? The Porfiriato ultimately ended poorly for Mexico, but Meiji-era illiberalism might've been unwound successfully if the Emperor Taishō had lived? Singapore seems to have transitioned steadily away from the Lee Kuan Yew era?
Who is the next test of this? Kagame?
Who is the next test of this? Kagame?
American social wellness still remains a battle against illiberalism and fascism. Threat against the consent of the people will continue.
There are no "colleagues across the aisle". They are the duped enablers of extranational techno- Oligarchs bent on destroying democracies.
There are no "colleagues across the aisle". They are the duped enablers of extranational techno- Oligarchs bent on destroying democracies.
November 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM
American social wellness still remains a battle against illiberalism and fascism. Threat against the consent of the people will continue.
There are no "colleagues across the aisle". They are the duped enablers of extranational techno- Oligarchs bent on destroying democracies.
There are no "colleagues across the aisle". They are the duped enablers of extranational techno- Oligarchs bent on destroying democracies.