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The Anti-Musk

@mediengestalter.bsky.social

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From Europe. Posting about Tech- and Trump-Fascism, Populist Extremism and Democratic Resistance. Democratic Antifascism. 📎

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The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · Dec 7

Totalitarianism rises gradually. In The Handmaid's Tale, women's rights are eroded step by step under the guise of "safety & order."

Takeaway: Stay alert to small infringements on freedoms—they often lead to greater authoritarianism. Always question policies that threaten fundamental rights.

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A woman in a Handmaid's dress stands before a stark, black-and-white rendition of the U.S. flag. The stars have been replaced with a large Christian cross, symbolizing the rise of Christian nationalism and the so-called Christian right. She looks away.

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L. Rosenthal @lrosenthal.bsky.social · 10h

Quite simply they are primarily sociopaths who want to create feudal states beneath them/ their tech and only the MAGA grifters would allow them to do it unregulated and quickly

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"Gilded Rage" isn’t simply a rehash of existing reportage. What separates Silverman’s book from other writeups, and where his book truly shines, is in his attempt to get at the root of Silicon Valley’s anti-democratic lurch. ICYMI @cjcmichel.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-our-te...

Why Our Tech Overlords Took a Hard Right Turn

A new book tells the story of how Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs became angry admirers of authoritarianism.

www.thebulwark.com

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Antifish @alltingsconsidered.bsky.social · 8h

Some would say Republicans learned A LOT from Nixon... specifically that they would NEVER allow another Republican to be held accountable for anything ever again and they worked tirelessly to create a media-wide propaganda network from TV to talk radio to brainwash the public and make sure of it.

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Shangalar @shangalartheblack.bsky.social · 8h

Watergate is the reason we are here. #1, because Ford pardoned Nixon and #2, because Roger Ailes was determined to never allow a Republican President to be held accountable ever again, and created FOX News to make sure of it. It worked.

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The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · 6h

As they commit crimes, human rights violations and treason against the US constitution, the money should be collected again from them once the orange faced baffoon is gone.

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 6h

What if we gave teachers $50k signing bonuses, $100k salaries, and $60k in student loan forgiveness. You know, the same as ICE agents get.

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record-guy59.bsky.social @record-guy59.bsky.social · 6h

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 7h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · 7h

We need to deal with this ugly creature and mole.

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Uncle_Wolf @demiurg.bsky.social · 1d

It is important that EU continue on the road to becoming an Electrostate, otherwise we will be sharing the civilisational and technological backwaters with the DSA.
If we are to dominate China, we must double down on the path to being a strong Electrostate.

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 2d

“I think China is using [clean technology] in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”

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The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

www.ft.com

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Tally McWacker @tallymcwacker.bsky.social · 23d

We will All continue to use it.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23d

I will as well.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

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The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · 8h

Berlusconi-Methode, auch von Trump und Orban eingesetzt. Steve Bannon nannte eine teilidentische Desinfo-/Malinfotaktik "flood the zone with shit" ([über]flute die Zone mit Scheiße) mit "muzzle velocity" (Mündungsfeuergeschwindigkeit).

The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · 9h

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 10h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Hawkeye8 @hawkeye8.bsky.social · 12h

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The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · 9h

More news from the 🍌-dicktatorship of felon Donald Trump.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13h

The Senate Intelligence Authorization Act contains a major change that would allow the CIA’s top lawyer to avoid the Senate confirmation process. In an era of creeping authoritarianism this could hasten the Intelligence Community’s use as a tool of political espionage. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

EFF and Other Organizations: Keep Key Intelligence Positions Senate

In a joint letter to the ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, EFF has joined with 20 other organizations, including the ACLU, Brennan Center, CDT, Asian Americans

www.eff.org

The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · 9h

DOMINION VOTING got sold.

Buyer Scott Leiendecker is a right-wing republican, Ultra MAGA, "stop the steal"-conspiracy peddler. Connected to Logan Circle Group, a shifty PR firm, they say, like Cambridge Analytica, which used microtargeting data science and bots to subvert democracy.

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

So dominion voting got sold, look at this fascinating statement from their new owner (not to doom but this is, uh, suboptimal). www.dominionvoting.com

(Dominion voting website now redirecting to libertyvote.com with the following statement:)

Our Promise.
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My Fellow Americans,
Today, I am proud to announce Liberty Vote - a 100% American-owned election technology company dedicated to restoring trust in our elections. Our mission is clear: every vote must be secure, fair, and verifiable.
I have spent my life working to strengthen America's elections. That commitment began years ago, in the aftermath of the 2000 election, when I worked for the Missouri Secretary of State. Later, as Election Director in St. Louis, I led the effort to modernize outdated systems and rebuild public trust. Eventually, I founded an election technology company that today serves nearly one in four voters nationwide.
With Liberty Vote, we are building on that legacy. We are turning the page and beginning the vital work of restoring faith in American elections. While these changes will not happen overnight, Liberty Vote's mission is rooted in American values and committed to transparency, independent audits, and verifiable paper records.
Our purpose is simple: to ensure that America's elections are secure, fair, and honest.
Scott Leiendecker
Founder and Chairman, Liberty Vote

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27909.bsky.social @27909.bsky.social · 1d

The silver lining for MAGA of the failed 2020/21 coup was that it revealed all the points in the system that prevented them from succeeding, and they and their allies have spent the last 5 years slowly buying, winning, or destroying each and every one of them

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The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · 10h

Probably:
99% are just hidden. Ultra MAGA commits these human rights violations to spark civil unrest, declare martial law, make himself dicktator.

1%, often attractive tweens & teens, are kept like on Epstein’s island: raped, enslaved? Bc dumbfucks: sometimes killed, their bodies cremated?

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Rip Cusslick @rip-cusslick.bsky.social · 11h

I honestly can't tell the difference!

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The Anti-Musk @mediengestalter.bsky.social · 11h

You mean Damian Thorn?

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

/2 Plus as a huge nerd I find his ”let’s see how this nerd thing can be interpreted in a wholly subnormal fascist way” vibe to be extremely gross. But it attracts certain subnormal types.

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