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Kay Bradley

Opinion | How Trumpism May Endure - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...trump-capitol-lost-cause.html

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  • The story demands a religious loyalty.
  • Mr. Trump’s Lost Cause takes its fuel from conspiratorial myths of all kinds, rehearsed for years on Trump media and social media platforms. Its guiding theories include: Christianity under duress and attack; large corrupt cities full of Black and brown people manipulated by liberal elites; Barack Obama as alien; a socialist movement determined to tax you into subservience to “big government”; liberal media out to crush family and conservative values; universities and schools teaching the young a history that hates America; resentment of nonwhite immigrants who threaten a particular national vision; and whatever hideous new version of a civil religion QAnon represents.
  • The Confederate Lost Cause is one of the most deeply ingrained mythologies in American history. It emerged first as a mood of traumatized defeat in the 1860s, but grew into an array of arguments, organizations and rituals in search of a story that could win hearts and minds and regain power in the Southern states. It was initially a psychological response to the trauma of collective loss among former Confederates. It gained traction in violent groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and in the re-emergence of the Democratic Party’s resistance to Reconstruction.
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  • Crucially, the Lost Cause argued that the Confederacy never fought to preserve slavery, and that it was never truly defeated on battlefields.
  • Confederate Lost Cause ideology
  • All Lost Causes find their lifeblood in lies, big and small, lies born of beliefs in search of a history that can be forged into a story and mobilize masses of people to act politically, violently, and in the name of ideology.
  • By the 1890s, the Lost Cause was no longer a story of loss, but one of victory: the defeat of Reconstruction. Southerners — whether run-of-the-mill local politicians, famous former generals or women who forged the culture of monument building — portrayed white supremacy and home rule for the South as the nation’s victory over radicalism and Negro rule.
  • glory of America
  • But it does seem to be tonic for those who fear long-term social change;
  • liberalism; taxation; what it perceives as big government; nonwhite immigrants who drain the homeland’s resources; government regulation imposed on individuals and businesses; foreign entanglements and wars that require America to be too generous to strange peoples in faraway places; any hint of gun control; feminism in high places; the nation’s inevitable ethnic and racial pluralism; and the infinite array of practices or ideas it calls “political correctness.”
  • border walls; ever-growing stock portfolios; access to the environment and hunting land without limits; coal they can burn at will; the “liberty” to reject masks; history that tastes of the sweetness of progress and not the bitterness of national sins.
  • Kay Bradley on 10 Jan 21
     
    "Mr. Trump's Lost Cause takes its fuel from conspiratorial myths of all kinds, rehearsed for years on Trump media and social media platforms. Its guiding theories include: Christianity under duress and attack; large corrupt cities full of Black and brown people manipulated by liberal elites; Barack Obama as alien; a socialist movement determined to tax you into subservience to "big government"; liberal media out to crush family and conservative values; universities and schools teaching the young a history that hates America; resentment of nonwhite immigrants who threaten a particular national vision; and whatever hideous new version of a civil religion QAnon represents."
Kay Bradley

David Brooks Reconsiders 'Bobos in Paradise' - The Atlantic - 0 views

www.theatlantic.com/...619492

culture elite united states systemic

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Kay Bradley

Opinion | Trump and His Party Made the Storming of the Capitol Possible - The New York ... - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...trump-capitol-protests.html

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  • Kay Bradley on 09 Jan 21
     
    "For years, there has been a mantra that Republicans have recited to comfort themselves about President Trump - both about the things he says and the support they offer him. Trump, they'd say, should be taken seriously, not literally. The coinage comes from a 2016 article in The Atlantic by Salena Zito, in which she complained that the press took Trump "literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally." For Republican elites, this was a helpful two-step. "
sashajlu

A Woman May Have Been Cured of H.I.V. Without Medical Treatment - The New York Times - 5 views

www.nytimes.com/...hiv-cure.html

covid

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  • sashajlu on 31 Aug 20
     
    Many HIV patients who have had a bone marrow transplant have been immune to HIV, however the procedure is risky. There a special group of people called Elite Controllers whose immune systems can hunt down cells with HIV. Loreen Willenberg is an Elite Controller whose showed no signs of HIV since she was diagnosed 15 years ago.
  • artemisiam2021 on 01 Sep 20
     
    This article definitely has some very interesting findings in it, but of the possible cures it mentions, such as the bone marrow transplant and taking antiretroviral drugs for years, neither are very good or safe options as one is very risky and the other can lead to harsh side effects. I think if HIV treatment could become a cure, that would be ideal, but that treatment should also be safe to use and not lead to further health issues even after the original disease is cured.
Rachel Katzoff

The Power Struggle Among China's Elite - 1 views

www.foreignpolicy.com/...er_struggle_among_chinas_elite

China Communism

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  • Rachel Katzoff on 21 Oct 10
     
    This article is about the growing strength of China. China is run by the Politburo, a 9 member committee. In 2010 there will be a new era of leaders on the Politburo because seven of the members will reach retirement age. No one knows yet if this transition will be smooth or who will take over as the next Premier. Another interesting thing to note is that there are many divisions within the communist party.
  • Harrison Lee on 21 Oct 10
     
    It would be interesting to see if China's leadership transition will cause changes in its political system and culture. It could be an opportunity for better relations with the West, if the new leaders are more open-minded to change. China's current government is concerning, as the highest-ranking foreign relations minister is ranked only 50th in power in the Chinese government.
mstayman

Notes for Pages 2-5 - 3 views

States: organizations that maintain a monopoly of violence over a territory Government: elite or leadership that administers a state Legitimacy: the extent to which a government's authority is rega...

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dredd15

French Economists: Toulouse vs. Paris - 0 views

www.economist.com/...rival-schools-toulouse-v-paris

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  • dredd15 on 14 Nov 14
     
    French economists have never been as renowned as French philosophers, but currently French economists are on the rise. Two schools are competing for the title of savior of the French economy. The Toulouse School of Economics is number 7th in the world and the Paris School of Economics is 11th in the world. Both schools recruit internationally and have their own private-fundraising campaigns. The Toulouse School of Economics is focused on undergraduate studies specializing in industrial economics, market regulation, and economic theory; on the other hand, the Paris School of Economics, is for the upper-level French elite, only accepts graduates, and specializes in economic theory, public economics and statistics. Competition between these two schools of economic thought has produced new economic philosophies to solve the growing debt problem in France. Where the general systems of French are too "rigid", the Toulouse School and the Paris School seek to find ways to create innovations for a new France.
dredd15

BBC News- France country profile - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-europe-17298730

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  • dredd15 on 14 Nov 14
     
    France took big hits in WWI and WWII from human and economic standpoints, so following WWII they became big proponents of European integration to build from the ground up. The Franco-German alliance has been a key to the integration of European nations since the 90's, but more recently they have been at odds over the austerity policies regarding France's recent economic recession. The French push for integration is quite ironic given France has more than 26 regions with several territories from its colonial past still belonging to France. Even with a rather diverse population, the majority of the French government is quite centralized with very little devolution of power. The voting turnout has not been very high because average French citizens feel like the power is in the hands of only the French elite. The French social and governmental hierarchy dampens the democratic institutions of France. Furthermore, the French don't only have a strong centralized government, they also have a powerful military and the second largest economy in the eurozone. Though the French struck down the proposed constitution of the European Union in 2005, current socialist President Hollande remains faithful to the European Union and German Chancellor Angel Merkel.
colewogan

At Japan's Most Elite University, Just 1 in 5 Students Is a Woman - 3 views

Woah this is really interesting. I'm curious about what creates the anti-educational reform culture among male students at universities like these, specifically the idea that feminist reform is ant...

japan education

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ershai

Pandora Papers: An offshore data tsunami - ICIJ - 0 views

www.icij.org/...ut-pandora-papers-leak-dataset

PandoraPapers

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  • ershai on 05 Oct 21
     
    The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), in collaboration with more than 600 journalists from 117 countries, published a report detailing how the world's wealthiest elites, including politicians, billionaires, celebrities, royal family members, and other notable figures, use tax and secrecy havens to buy property and hide assets through offshore services. Among the counties with the most politicians named in the report include Ukraine, Russia, Honduras, United Arab Emirates, and Nigeria.
  • agnesg22 on 06 Oct 21
     
    Incredible to see the amount of effort and collaboration done by journalists to explore the Pandora Papers ! It's crazy to see the amount of money being hidden from the public and receiving little to no taxes. I didn't think that Ukraine would have the most politicians featured in the Pandora Papers, and I didn't think that the U.S. would have no politicians featured.
Kay Bradley

UPRISING IN VENEZUELA: THE GOVERNMENT; VENEZUELA'S CHIEF FORCED TO RESIGN; CIVILIAN INS... - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...resign-civilian-installed.html

Venezuela coup Latin America new york times economy Less Developed World:

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  • Officials portrayed the ouster as a victory for democracy, even though Mr. Chávez was a legitimately elected president.
  • However, Latin American leaders at a summit meeting in Costa Rica criticized Mr. Chávez's ouster as an ''interruption of the constitutional order.''
  • Mr. Chávez presided over a stormy era when he seized control of the legislature, confronted the old-line political elite and steered the country into an alliance with Cuba.
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  • Mr. Chávez had ''presented his resignation.'' He spoke flanked by military officers who had rebelled against Mr. Chávez on Thursday night, the third day of a general strike called by his opponents.
  • opponents of the government took to the streets in the early morning hours, honking horns and waving the gold, blue and red of the Venezuelan flag. El Universal, a leading newspaper here, hailed the end with these words, ''It's over!''The interim government quickly moved to undo Mr. Chavez's policies, dissolving the National Assembly controlled by his supporters, firing members of the Supreme Court and changing the country's official name back to the Republic of Venezuela.
  • the huge state-owned oil company, which exports most of its oil to the United States.
  • Cuba called the change-over a coup and urged other countries to distance themselves from the new government. President Fidel Castro and Mr. Chávez had formed a close friendship.
  • American officials praised the Venezuelan military and the police for defying Mr. Chávez,
  • ''The goal for his successors is to effectively tackle the pressing socio-economic issues that brought Chávez to power with so much popular support,'' said Russell Crandall, a Latin America specialist at Davidson College in North Carolina. ''Chávez was right about the problems he saw in Venezuela. He was wrong about the solutions and the Venezuelan people made that very clear.''
anays2023

Russian Troops Will Stay to Finish Job in Kazakhstan, Putin Says - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...putin-russia-kazakhstan.html

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  • resource-rich Central Asian
  • resource-rich Central Asian
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      Follows the trend that China and Russia are doing...exploiting areas to procure natural resources
  • set no deadline for the withdrawal of the forces his country sent there.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      This is unusual and could signal a long term occupation
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  • rising gas prices that began peacefully and then turned violent.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      I wouldnt be surprised if we later found out Russia had its hands in turning these protests violent
  • But he did not give any deadline for a withdrawal, saying that they would stay as long as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan “considers it necessary,” raising the possibility they could be in the country indefinitely.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      So this leads me to beleive Russia has plans to occupy indefinitely...practically launching an invasion under a humanitarian guise.
  • 2,000 troops his country had sent as “peacekeepers” would leave only once their mission was complete.
  • The Russian president said the unrest was indicative of foreign attempts to intervene in a region the Kremlin sees as its sphere of influence,
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      Colonialism
  • Those protests also helped precipitate Russia’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine that year.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      Signals that Kazakhstan would be next
  • color revolutions,” a term that has been used for the pro-democracy movements that swept many countries of the former Soviet Union.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      Reminds me of de-stalinzation era
  • Sign up for updates on the unrest in Kazakhstan:  Every evening, we will bring you a roundup of our latest Kazakhstan coverage. Get it sent to your inbox.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      Heartless corporate pedaling
  • At least 5,800 people have been detained and more than 2,000 injured after several days of violence last week in Kazakhstan, according to the president’s office.
  • “brotherly Kazakh people” —
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      VERY PUTIN LOL
  • 164 people had died in the violence, including 103 in the country’s economic center, Almaty.
  • killed
  • injured
  • 1,300.
  • “The main goal was obvious: the undermining of the constitutional order, the destruction of government institutions and the seizure of power,” he said.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      De-legitimization and then annexation...the way Russia did with Crimea
  • The rapid evolution of peaceful protests in the Kazakhstan’s west to countrywide demonstrations that quickly descended into violent chaos has led observers to speculate that the unrest was fanned by infighting within the Kazakh elite.
  • Until now, the oil-rich country has been regarded as a pillar of political and economic stability in an unstable region. The protests are also significant for Vladimir Putin, who views Kazakhstan as part of Russia’s sphere of influence.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      Similar pattern of resource exploitation was seen with the Ukrain pipeline
  • Officials have instituted a state of emergency and shut off internet access.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      Why would they cut off Internet access? Thats really sus
  • The comments from Mr. Putin came as American and Russian diplomats gathered in Geneva in the hopes of negotiating a drawdown of the 100,000 troops the Kremlin has positioned on the border with Ukraine in recent months.
  • number
  • In a sign, perhaps, of the power imbalance between them, Mr. Putin forgot Mr. Tokayev’s name during the video meeting Monday, mangling it as “Kemal Zhomartovich,” instead of Kassym-Jomart.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      Subtle but a noteworthy sign of domination
  • Kazakh officials said on Sunday that order had been restored and that the foreign troops would “probably” be gone by the following week.
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      anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
       
      LETS SEE
  • anays2023 on 11 Jan 22
     
    I hope my annotations saved
  • Kay Bradley on 13 Jan 22
     
    Great use of Diigo annotation tool, Anay!
cole_reynolds

Lawsuit Says 16 Elite Colleges Are Part of Price-Fixing Cartel - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...cial-aid-lawsuit-colleges.html

college collusion financial aid

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  • cole_reynolds on 11 Jan 22
     
    Not particularly comparative politics, but seems very apropos
  • ershai on 12 Jan 22
     
    Sort of like the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, it's not entirely surprising but very revealing about college admissions. A lot of these colleges advertise their FA policies in their admissions as draws, too. I'll be interested to see what results from this lawsuit.
Kay Bradley

Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate | Council on Foreign Relations - 0 views

www.cfr.org/...venezuela-crisis

petroleum petrostate Latin America

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  • Punto Fijo pact, which guaranteed that state jobs and, notably, oil rents would be parceled out to the three parties in proportion to voting results. While the pact sought to guard against dictatorship and usher in democratic stability, it ensured that oil profits would be concentrated in the state.
  • OPEC. V
  • OPEC embargo on countries backing Israel in the Yom Kippur War quadrupled oil prices and made Venezuela the country with the highest per-capita income in Latin America.
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  • mismanagement. Analysts estimate that as much as $100 billion was embezzled between 1972 and 1997 alone.
  • A country that discovers a resource after it has formed robust democratic institutions is usually better able to avoid the resource curse, analysts say. For example, strong institutions in Norway have helped the country enjoy steady economic growth since the 1960s, when vast oil reserves were discovered in the North Sea,
  • Strong democracies with an independent press and judiciary help curtail classic petrostate problems.
  • Many countries with vast resource wealth, such as Norway and Saudi Arabia, have established sovereign wealth funds (SWF) to manage their investments
  • climate change.  
  • Analysts anticipate that a global shift from fossil fuel energy to renewables such as solar and wind will force petrostates to diversify their economies. Nearly two hundred countries, including Venezuela, have joined the Paris Agreement, a binding treaty that requires states to make specific commitments to mitigate
  • Summary Venezuela is an example of a decaying petrostate, where the government is highly dependent on income from fossil fuels, power is concentrated in an elite minority, and corruption is widespread.  Petrostates are vulnerable to what economists call Dutch disease, a dynamic in which a government develops an unhealthy dependence on natural resource exports, and other important industrial sectors are deprived of investment. Venezuela has descended into economic and political turmoil under President Nicolas Maduro, as its once-substantial oil outflows have slowed to a trickle. Absent a power transition, analysts say the country’s prospects are grim.
  • Jeffrey Sachs,
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