If #Conservatives don't want to be seen as #racist, then they should stop saying and doing racist things and learn what everyone else knows about #racism.
🚨New paper in press @ JEPG🚨 Http://psyarxiv.com/8fkpy
Remember the paper showing that it’s specifically low-conscientious#conservatives who share fake news? It got lots of coverage. BUT it seems like that claim isn't actually true - in a new paper, we fail to replicate it in 5(!) times and also show that even the original data don't support the claim (because they look at overall sharing, not specifically at sharing of false claims).
Check out the ungated paper: "Conscientiousness does not moderate the association between political ideology and susceptibility to fake news sharing" at http://psyarxiv.com/8fkpy
#Rightwing#politicians who suddenly appear more "moderate" have not changed. They have just taught themselves to say the nasty parts quietly, pending acquisition of enough power that it will no longer matter how loudly they say them.
They never change. Fascists are fascists, full stop. There is only one language they understand, and democracies need to speak it to them.
If the #Democrats in power are going to be called #socialists by #conservatives no matter what they do, they may as well pass laws that benefit the 98%.
Did #austerity cause #Brexit? In the past weeks there was much talk in the UK on a return of #austerity. I am a Prof of Economics at Warwick University and I wrote a paper in 2018 that shows how #austerity was instrumental to bringing about #Brexit. This is a means of #introduction on here.
The paper shows that #austerity was a pivotal driver of #Brexit result. But that is only half the story: most likely there wouldnt have been an #EUReferendum...
In the paper, I use individual-level panel data and data on all electoral contests in the UK to document that places and people more exposed to #austerity were more likely to vote #UKIP or express views associated with #protestvoting.
This was a perceived threat to the #Conservatives as it involved numerous defections resulting in the #Tories internal struggles to arise.
Due to the loud voices in the Tory party, this resulted in the demand for an #EUReferendum to become louder....
If I am the Liberals, I'd be highlighting this every opportunity I could, and asking the conservatives and #PierrePoilievre whether they share Harper's view on Orban . Harper is one of the most disliked ex-PM's in Canadian history, and Orban has eroded democracy and is a Putin sympathizer. #cdnpoli#canada
Quote from article: Every nation’s single biggest long-term asset is a well-educated populace, and student debt diminishes that.
Every other advanced democracy on the planet understands this.
That’s why student debt at the scale we have in America literally does not exist anywhere else in the rest of the developed world.
American students, in fact, are going to college for free right now in Germany, Iceland, France, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic, because pretty much anybody can go to college for free in those countries and dozens of others.
“Student debt?” The rest of the developed world doesn’t know what you’re talking about.
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🥥 Author #ThomHartmann has until recently been a voice in the wilderness.
He points out how #CivilRights, #WomensRights, #GayRights, #AntiWar movements in the '60s and '70s so frightened #conservatives.
They moved heaven and earth to take over the courts, diminish the middle class, destroy public education, privatize the commons, co-opt the vote, and shift income to the wealthiest.
We in the US can't have nice things because of the last 50 years of creeping fascism. 🥥
"It was a happy #Canada Day party [yesterday] until a group of Cons marched through the crowd screaming obscenities and waving F*uck Trudeau flags. That’s what Poilievre’s Conservatives have done to this country. Never forget, never forgive."
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion a year ago, it shook efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest rate of unintended pregnancies, and 77% of abortions are estimated to be unsafe.
I recently moved to the UK. I have to say, watching the "conservatives" here trying out poor imitations of America's right-wingers is revealing. They're trying out the same "culture wars" nonsense, etc. With less effect, thankfully.
It's like a Broadway show having a spin-off that travels to the hick towns...
At some point we need to stop trying to figure out Elon Musk’s motivations for what he’s doing, and simply realize he’s deliberately turning Twitter into the world’s largest right wing disinformation network.
Too Make Toxic Right/Far Right CONservatism Ideologies Extremists Media Propaganda Brainwashing Conditioning Machine, Basically #Murdoch / #RupertMurdoch , On Steroids & All In Time For #Uk & #USA Future #Elections ,
All rural communities in Ontario should be paying attention to what's happening in Minden because they could be next.
"If you think this hospital closure can’t come to a town or suburb or city near you, think again.
The bridge from for-profit surgical clinics to private groups of MDs offering ER services is closer than you think."
Reminder:
The "Freedom" Convoy donated $460,000 to Pierre Poilievre's leadership campaign.
That's why he won't renounce them. They bought him. Imagine a so-called national leader aligning with a group of domestic terrorists."
"I don’t care what this man looks like. I do care that he supported the convoy, has team members who hang out with Nazis, is a rage-farming wood-stroking dog whistler, and has no platform other than being mad at Trudeau and telling you Canada is broken."
Do the #Conservatives truly believe this fake-manliness makeover will convince "that female vote" to dismiss Poilievre's hateful regressive policies against women's rights.
After fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa (apnews.com)
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion a year ago, it shook efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest rate of unintended pregnancies, and 77% of abortions are estimated to be unsafe.