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18 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
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18 Oct
In 1971, along with Sandy Lieberson, David Puttnam had the audacity to bid for the rights to the book ‘Inside the Third Reich’ by Albert Speer.

Rank outsiders in pursuit of the rights, the publisher agreed that we might at least travel to Heidelberg to make their case in person.
"Albert Speer, Hitler’s former Architect & Armaments Minister had walked out of Spandau prison five years earlier, having served twenty years for war crimes – he patiently listened for several hours as we took him through our reasons for wanting to make the film".
"To our amazement, he agreed that if a movie was to be made, it should be produced by & for a younger generation. That was the start of an adventure which took us and our screenwriter Andrew Birkin on numerous occasions back & forth to Heidelberg."
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18 Oct
Conservatism? Liberalism? Neoliberalism?

It's been argued that neoliberalism originated as much in opposition to fascism as to socialism – a point that Foucault addresses in detail in his analysis of ordoliberalism in his lectures on biopolitics...

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
'Opposition to fascism did not lead to a uniform view of the role of the state, liberty or sovereignty, & from its inception in the 1920s, neoliberalism has a complex & uneasy relationship with other movements on the political right, in particular conservatism & libertarianism.'
At the Walter Lippmann Colloquium in 1938 – the starting point of European neoliberalism for Foucault – differences were aired that became more significant over time. The majority of those present sided with Hayek in calling for the reinvention of liberalism.
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18 Oct
James Weinberg researches the psychological pressures of political life & the problem of violence & intimidation of politicians.

Dog-whistle & aggressive populism, partisan & personalising political news & improved democratic education all play a role.

theconversation.com/david-amess-ki…
Even before the challenging #COVID19 pandemic, a recent Hansard Society audit of political engagement concluded that “opinions of the systems of governing are at their lowest point in the 15-year Audit series – worse now than in the aftermath of the MPs’ expenses scandal”.
In the #GE2017, 56% of surveyed parliamentary candidates expressed concern about abuse & intimidation. Misuse of anonymous social media accounts has intensified these problems & created a toxic environment for MPs that regularly exposes them to online rape & murder threats.
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17 Oct
A #THREAD on polarisation.

Imho, we've arrived at a curious historical juncture, wherein the strategy adopted by either 'side' of *any* issue now follows a familiar format, regardless of what the issue is (I'm NOT claiming "both sides" of a debate have equally valid arguments):
1) delegitimise opposing organisations/beliefs/groups by claiming they're funded by anti-democratic individuals/organisations with a sinister ulterior/ideological motive

2) flood social/print/online media with divisive rhetoric demonising & negatively stereotyping the other side
3) claim supporters of a particular view have been brainwashed/radicalised by sinister anti-democratic forces

4) claim THE TRUTH is being deliberately suppressed

5) claim sections of the media are pushing a grotesquely distorted view

6) exclude non-partisan voices from debate
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17 Oct
Obviously it's exclusively the hateful Lefties who are too loose with their 'dangerous rhetoric'.
And of course the hateful Leftist "scum media" played its role in amplifying dangerously irresponsible rhetoric too.
And as for those awful Lefty MPs saying all sorts of terrible things...
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17 Oct
Ages ago I replied to a tweet with some duff info about the Mont Pelerin Society, which I quickly deleted.

This person from the weirdo CATO institute dug up a screenshot of the deleted tweet & tweeted it out - I assume because I'm very critical of the Koch-funded CATO Institute.
This is the deleted tweet he's obsessed with - which was, as I say, duff information - & he's now smearing me by making spurious claims about the tweet.

It was seen by just TWO people before it was deleted (not sure what the foreign language is at the bottom).
This is the thread that seems to have so rattled him (or perhaps his bosses at the CATO Institute).

The exchange that upset him is at the end.

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