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5 Aug, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Democracy is only a fad. Tribalism, fascism and authoritarianism is what comes next. Unless we prevent it. We learn this lesson over and over. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
"Nearly 75 percent of the world’s population lived in a country that faced deterioration last year. The ongoing decline has given rise to claims of democracy’s inherent inferiority." freedomhouse.org/report/freedom…
Helpful chart and interactive maps. freedomhouse.org/countries/free…
A nice map showing the spread of democracy.

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Donald is paying more per hour for lawyers than he did on some year's annual federal taxes. vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/d…
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4 Aug
“The allegations made by recent press reports claiming that the UAE is amongst a number of countries accused of alleged surveillance targetting of journalists and individuals have no evidentiary basis and are categorically false.” Except...evidence. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
The UAE and we should specifically Kung Fu Tahnoon's gang, hires contractors who use foreign nations to do their dirty work. It's not just Pegasus, but Russian tool kits and mods. They send written notices for hacks via L6 which is kinda stupid once you collect them.
There's an office in Uganda does some of the hacks sometimes going through cel service provider. There are also malware sites like Stryker that can load code. There was also a hacking team in Benghazi in June 2019 that showed off their stuff to the arriving mercs. It's pervasive.
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Back in September 2001, people didn't know much about Afghanistan. It didnt' bother people that Pakistan, the UAE and the Saudi's officially recognized the angry beardies. They were mad at a Saudi rich kid and some burnt out jihadis that lived there. washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/…
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Even when Emiratis went on big dollar bird killing hunting parties in Afghanistan and left Land Cruisers as gifts for the talibs....people didn't get upset. ft.com/content/57aeba…
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