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mark doppelgänger 🛰 Profile picture
@DoppelMark
Jul 19, 2021 • 14 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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 Cuba: democracy underpinning dictatorship.

The dictator stayed in power for several decades, *thanks to* democratic process. Let's investigate
2/
 How come people couldn't vote the dictator out?

There are three prongs of it:
- how impressionable are the voters (note similarity to the direction of various pushes in USA)

3/
 How come people couldn't vote the dictator out?

There are three prongs of it, continued:

- who gets to run (certain people are deemed "enemies of the people" or "agents of foreign intelligence agencies")
4/
 How come people coudn't vote the dictator out?

There are three prongs of it, continued:

- who counts the votes
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 The democratically elected National Assembly of Cuba serves as a glorified rubberstamper.

Note there's no upper/senior chamber (Senate) or equivalent - common to democratic dictatorships of socialism/communism.
6/
 Cuban democratic dictatorship has turned "spontaneous rallies" into instrument of government pressuring people, rather than people pressuring government.

Recognize the pattern?
7/
 DPRK is another example of democratic dictatorship.

Again we see a single-chamber parliament serving as a glorified rubberstamper.

britannica.com/place/North-Ko…
8/
 Recommend: don't fall for democratic dictatorship. It's the most brutal variety of dictatorship known so far.

victimsofcommunism.org
9/
 follow-up: excellent interview by @Semiogogue about the Cuban Revolution

how the communists gathered force and how they made it happen via, mostly, *media facts*.

bitchute.com/video/y2NSXQDt…
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 😏
11/
 Very interesting:
12/
 on the "spontaneous pro government protests" in Cuba
13/
 propaganda account "@BootsRiley" BTFO :-)

also thumbs up for @MaxNordau and @Hiretsu_Azura 👍
14/
 recognize the pattern?

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mark doppelgänger 🛰 Profile picture
May 24, 2022
1/
 The article by @FischerKing64 refuses to question honesty of public statements by Putin.

Let's read carefully and see where this mistake gets him.

2/
 Author reads into Putin's statements "without immediately assuming bad faith at every turn".

Putin & his entourage us a mix of truth & dishonesty. The interviews are a couple years old, we can check them against reality.
3/
 >>in Russia media is under control
>projection

lol wut? In Russia the media *is* to large extent under gov control. In the West the *gov* is to large extent under media control.

It's not a projection. The nature of the problem is different in RU and in the West.
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May 19, 2022
1/
 Let's talk a *slow* airplane for a change: Bayraktar TB2, a Turkish lightweight UAW ("drone") has been significantly successful in Ukraine.

The airplane serves both reconnaissance and strike duties.

Article provides interesting details:

2/
 Isn't she pretty?
In particular the Ukrainian maritime variant, with seabird decal.
3/
 Unique design allows for low observability, in particular low radar cross-section. Not quite "full on stealth" - but it's much stealthier than an average flier.

We don't have official numbers, but this calculates baseline expectations - and it's good:

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May 11, 2022
Unpopular take:
the federal government should focus on foreign policy; the states are the proper place for domestic policy.
I could swear I saw you *correctly* punting domestic issues to states and away from the federal gov just yesterday.

Don't flip plop on the fundamental and important division of responsibilities.

By the way 👀
notthebee.com/article/um-was…
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May 10, 2022
1/
 Remember the T-14 Armata? The russian tank that had a lot of hype for a couple years?

In the spirit of "zippier cars", let's discuss it a bit further.
2/
 #T14Armata, an innovative russian tank with crew fully enclosed in the front hull behind heavy protection, while a fully automated turret was located in the classic way.

Along with the tank, related T-15 IFV and 2S35 SPG were developed as shared platform.
3/
 The design seemingly got a lot *right*, tho there remains some discussion as to armor of the turret - supposedly absent in the vehicles produced.

With a lot of hopes riding on its shoulders, the design failed to enter serial production and seems stuck. How come?
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May 10, 2022
1/
 Unpopular opinion:
the recent wave of "work from home" is the biggest and unique opportunity to "stick it to the boomers". Actually to do much better than that.
2/
 Good management is both about enabling your employees - and also about measuring their effectiveness.

Beyond "walking around & seeing butts in office chairs", actual measurement - and reporting both up & down the chain. "Work from home" pushes in that direction.
3/
 There are also various other benefits to "work from home" - less dependence on proximity to city; more personal freedom to shape work as you see fit, to juggle & smoothly change works, etc.
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May 4, 2022
1/
 >US commenced "invasion" in Ukraine by regime changing it

No.

2014: Ukrainians over-threw their government aligned with Russia - the Russia that for well over a century occupied Ukraine, drained resources & talent, suppressed culture.

"But muh USA" is wack revisionism.
2/
 You see people in Ukraine staunchly & resolutely defending their freedom for 2+ months now. That is a clear and strong signal. I support their defense of freedom.

As for democracy... whatever. Both sides are democracies with all the trappings & faults, and it helped neither.
3/
 To see just how pernicious and pervasive suppression of Ukraine's culture was back under russian control, see this well written thread:

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