Monthly topic

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

Hey everybody! First of all, may I wish happy Baba Marta to our Bulgarian pals! May she bring tons of health and good luck to us all! Now, as per our local tradition, it's time to see what the new monthly topic is. The one you guys last time chose was...

The Slide to Authoritarianism



Now this comes rather timely, eh?

Some details on the subject...

- Anti-democratic thought and managed democracy.
- Democracy vs dictatorship.
- The personality cult.
- Forms of totalitarianism: fascist, theocratic, white supremacist, communist, etc.
- Forms of authoritarianism: traditional, bureaucratic, military, coporporatist, ethnic.
- The authoritarian mindset.
- Tools of the police state.
- The concept of the benevolent dictator.
- Historical examples of authoritarianism gone bad.
- Authoritarian dystopia in fiction.
- Authoritarian weakness and resilience.
- Anti-authoritarianism.

And here's the poll for April:

[Poll #2063866]

Feel free to suggest more topics.

Comments

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

[garote]

Q's:
1. Is it still legal to make a political cartoon without putting Trump in it somewhere?
2. Is that Ridley Scott on the left??

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

1. At least in my country it is.

2. It's Liam Cunningham playing Ser Davos Seaworth.

[garote]

Aaaah, thanks :)

[ddstory.livejournal.com]

Come on. Don't tell me you don't know who any of these people are.

Plus, there's nothing political in this cartoon.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

[garote]

I tried to like Game of Thrones. I gave it three episodes. It was like watching an endless Skyrim cutscene, with a lot more tits in it. I hear they added dragons later on, and Sarah Connor. That's cool but I was way, waaay into that setting for a little too long and now I'm burned out on it.

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