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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-01 at 20:27

US media has traditionally been far more clear-eyed about antidemocratic purges abroad

so here's an exercise in how a US correspondent might describe the events of the last week in Washington, were it occurring overseas

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government

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Written by pettter on 2025-02-01 at 20:30

@clive I'm not sure a 'clear-eyed observer' would describe a '250-year-old tradition of the rule of law' in the USA

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Written by Erik Moeller on 2025-02-01 at 20:35

@pettter @clive

Yeah, that part could use an editor :)

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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-01 at 20:35

@eloquence @pettter

truly

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Written by Jeremy Kahn on 2025-02-01 at 21:31

@clive @eloquence @pettter

More like

"the regime has in recent decades (begun concurrently with the French communes of 1968) tentatively attempted an experiment with equal justice in the eyes of the law, known locally as "Civil Rights" or "Diversity and Equity".

Even in the 1960s and 1970s, the country was locked in one of another of a series of expensive and bloody undeclared wars.

Musk's strongmen today definitively declared that experiment over."

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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-01 at 23:11

@pettter @eloquence @trochee

Yep

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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-01 at 20:35

@pettter

yeah fair enough

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Written by tessarakt on 2025-02-02 at 09:33

@pettter @clive "any semblance of the narrative of nearly 250-year-old tradition of the rule of law that had been held up in mainstream political discourse in the country until now".

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Written by Timo on 2025-02-01 at 21:41

@clive That is soooo awesome!!

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Written by Iwillyeah on 2025-02-01 at 21:43

@clive

'It is almost certain that the turmoil of this key economic player will lead to local, and broader regional destabilsation. Politicians in neighbouring countries are already discussing how to deal with the fallout.

Many worry that a contagion effect for other countries within the sphere of US influence may see similar right-wing authoritatians, backed by dark money and forces close to Musk, emboldened to seek power in government.'

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Written by huntingdon on 2025-02-01 at 21:42

@clive

Superb rewrite of the obsequious headlines from the WaPo and the NYTimid. Gets the facts and tone exactly right. Thank you, because we'll never see this week's events written up that accurately in the lamestream media.

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Written by lorask on 2025-02-01 at 21:59

@clive citizens and media have rose colored “it cannot happen here” goggles on…

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Written by Sprung on 2025-02-01 at 22:28

@clive

More!

More please!

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Written by Daedalean on 2025-02-01 at 22:37

@clive so accurate.

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Written by Cluster Fcku on 2025-02-01 at 22:41

@clive i could be reading this on al jazeera...

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Written by Francisca Sinn on 2025-02-01 at 22:55

@clive If only they could have done this with Jan 6th, more people might have understood what was happening… https://mas.to/@fsinn/109561025790855303

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Written by axe on 2025-02-01 at 23:00

@clive

Now that's some awesome stuff.

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Written by Havyhh2 on 2025-02-01 at 23:34

@clive ...this is brilliant and a far more accurate depiction of the brutal calamity now destroying America.

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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-02 at 02:16

@havvyhh2

yep yep

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Written by TransitBiker on 2025-02-01 at 23:45

@clive this is exactly what happened and now our country is no longer even a shade of a democracy.

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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-02 at 02:15

@TransitBiker

ugh

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Written by TransitBiker on 2025-02-04 at 04:14

@clive they waited until Congress went on recess.

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Written by ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 on 2025-02-01 at 23:52

@clive This is the kind of politics often seen in small AsiaPacific nations over the last few decades. I don't know if you see any news from these countries in the US, but in Australia we do.

Some typical events would be:

government finds an excuse to put opposition leader in jail,

Military refuses to fire on citizens

Military overthrows government, then takes power itself,

Political leaders are assassinated,

Deposed leader flees to another country to avoid reprisals.

I'm waiting to see what the US military does - if at some point they draw a line against Trump's excesses. #uspol

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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-02 at 02:15

@anne_twain

I am wondering the same thing!

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Written by Bastian Greshake Tzovaras on 2025-02-02 at 03:08

@clive that’s some brilliant (and highly depressing) writing

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Written by bubbajet on 2025-02-02 at 03:16

@clive @annaleen No lies detected.

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Written by SmilingFriends on 2025-02-02 at 03:53

@clive This coming from unelected bureaucrats is not exactly convincing.

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Written by Rep Rap Ryn :3 on 2025-02-02 at 06:41

@clive the bit didn't cover the regimes attempt to legally disappear a minority consisting of 3 million people, including removing all legal recognition, medical care for the youngest ones, making it illegal for their history or acknowledgement in schools, and causing a full purge of data from the nation's scientific documentation the government releases.

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Written by joriki on 2025-02-02 at 07:03

@clive

grim

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Written by Earsmeardius on 2025-02-02 at 12:28

@clive This is Canon.

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Written by CassandraVert on 2025-02-03 at 01:58

@clive

I think press generally have a more objective take on other countries. And they don't have to answer to anyone there.

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Written by bogdanr on 2025-02-03 at 19:42

@clive @airadam pretty accurate

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