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https://twitter.com/JChengWSJ/status/1638707381981925379According to the Biden admin, the world is divided not between democracies and autocracies but between countries that support the existing international order and the two autocracies (you know who) seeking to reshape it.
https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1502451539591454723That is clearly illustrated here. If this is what Russia “is”, then it cries out for historical explanation—how did it come to be like this? Might not subordination within an international hierarchy have contributed to this supposed civilizational personality? 2/
https://twitter.com/stephensemler/status/1484216618058235905I think both of these are wrong. I would interpret authoritarian features of both systems as essential attributes. But I would also maintain that existence precedes essence: a different set of social conditions would produce a different essence in either political system. 2/
https://twitter.com/jwdwerner/status/14134864613163376672. First, a bit more of my own thinking on the historical forces behind today’s global crisis of democracy. Both to explain the worldwide reactionary turn and to develop a strategy to revive democracy, we need a systemic conceptualization, not moralizing.
https://twitter.com/LiShuo_GP/status/1355465216914427904A big reason Western commentators interpret centralization under Xi as nothing but authoritarianism is that don’t really know anything about how the Chinese state has operated for the last forty years. So a crude stereotype of monolithic Oriental despotism fills in the gap. 2/