ICYMI, and are wondering what a renewed US leadership role in the world might look like, my long piece in the @dallasnews is out from the paywall: dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…
"Any post-Trump wave of goodwill must be put to good use by enacting policies that protect American democracy and promote its spread abroad... Follow the money and root out the corruption that is turning democracy into a charade."
"The left thinks that America has little worth contributing, and that the world will get along better without it. The right thinks America doesn’t need anything from anyone and doesn’t care what happens to the rest of the world." Both seem to agree on "Yankee go home."
"The left’s hypocrisy and lip service about the greater good is in no way morally superior to the right’s disregard for the welfare of billions of people. In the real world, results matter." Is "America back" under Biden? I hope so. dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @Kasparov63

12 Nov
Trump's attacks on the integrity of US elections is not ad hoc chaos. It is part of a plan from in 2016, when Putin expected Trump to lose to Clinton, but do as much damage as possible.
This time, Putin expected Trump to win, but the Dems surprised him by wisely selecting Biden, not Sanders or another far-left candidate. (And Covid happened.) Now it's back to Plan A, weakening trust in the system, but from a far more powerful position.
It looks ridiculous on its face, a president and other elected officials waging war on the system that put them in power, but the hypocrisy is irrelevant. Creating a generation that doubts the system can ever be fair is the goal.
Read 5 tweets
3 Nov
"Reason and Ignorance... influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."—Paine, Rights of Man
"The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected."—Thomas Paine, "First Principles of Government" (1795)
"The history of free men is never really written by chance, but by choice—their choice. It is a matter of national will, of political decision, of moral purpose."—Dwight Eisenhower. Speech, Pittsburgh, Oct 9, 1956
Read 5 tweets
27 Oct
Democrats participated in McConnell's charade of a confirmation instead of boycotting because they didn't want to "politicize" it. Now Trump has a party with Barrett, proudly desecrating the separation of powers.
The GOP wants tribalism, with no separation between Republican presidents and GOP in Congress and in the courts. This is not politics as usual at all. It's an attempt at one-party rule, a minority party at that, and it's dangerous.
Turning parliament and the courts into loyal servants of the president is the goal of every would-be autocrat. From Russia to Turkey to Hungary, this has been the roadmap. The US is far stronger, but not immune.
Read 4 tweets
17 Oct
It looks like Facebook's "community standards" are set by Azeri trolls. My Russian FB page has been shut down after I posted this interview, in which I mentioned the Armenian Genocide and the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. echo.msk.ru/programs/perso…
So Holocaust denial is now banned on FB, according to Zuckerberg, but those who deny the Armenian Genocide are very welcome on Facebook--and even rewarded by having their targets' pages blocked.
My Russian FB page is back with nothing more than "After reviewing your appeal, your Page Гарри Каспаров has been published." Now it can return to being flooded by trolls telling me I don't know anything about Azerbaijan and Armenia!
Read 4 tweets
28 Aug
Trump's entire point is to remove the distinction between him and the state, as with all autocrats. And once again, America is finding out its laws against such corruption are unwritten, unenforceable, or too slow to matter.
When I said in Feb 2017 that America was about to find out that its government is based on the honor system, this is what I meant. Trump will do what he wants and say "so sue me," as he has all his life. And the GOP protects him.
It's not just GOP officials, it's supporters who love Trump's lawbreaking. It's a show of power, a freedom from constraints they see as outlaw macho. Opposition outrage is the goal because it makes them look helpless against him.
Read 4 tweets
23 Aug
Trump has trashed American global leadership to side with dictators, but is the free world alliance still wanted and needed? Now more than ever, yes. My long new piece @dallasnews: dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…
Trump's attacks on US institutions have destroyed American
credibility as a symbol and defender of the
values on which the nation was founded. Leading the world by example requires cleaning house. Nov 3 is the beginning, not the end.
Other democratic powers have been
unable and unwilling to step up after
being carried by the US for so long. Putin's assassination campaigns and China's brutal actions against the Uyghurs and in Hong Kong illustrate what a world order in their image would look like.
Read 5 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!