You’re largely spot on, but one thing I’d like to add is that Republicans in Walz’s state have actually pushed forward a “Trump Derangement Syndrome” bill, which would classify openly speaking negatively about Trump as a mental illness that is valid justification for incarceration in a mental health facility, which is exactly what Russia did.
Republicans in Walz’s state have actually pushed forward a “Trump Derangement Syndrome” bill
Which won’t pass their state house, certainly won’t pass their state senate, and Walz isn’t going to sign.
which is exactly what Russia did
The post-Soviet Russian state was the result of shock therapy more consistent with Musk’s DOGE strategy than any kind of middling public censorship campaign. Rapid privatization of state assets for the benefit of sellout state actors and foreign investors/liquidators was what brought down the Russian government.
Putin’s United Russia didn’t come to power through petty proletariat censorship. It came to power when Putin and his allies mobilized what was left of the police state and used it to whip the newly minted billionaire oligarchy into an ideologically consistent nationalist project. We saw a similar transformation in China, in the immediate run up to the Xi Premiership. Both Xi and Putin had to wrestle power away from western-friendly kleptocrats intent on turning their states into the next Philippines or Honduras.
You’re largely spot on, but one thing I’d like to add is that Republicans in Walz’s state have actually pushed forward a “Trump Derangement Syndrome” bill, which would classify openly speaking negatively about Trump as a mental illness that is valid justification for incarceration in a mental health facility, which is exactly what Russia did.
Which won’t pass their state house, certainly won’t pass their state senate, and Walz isn’t going to sign.
The post-Soviet Russian state was the result of shock therapy more consistent with Musk’s DOGE strategy than any kind of middling public censorship campaign. Rapid privatization of state assets for the benefit of sellout state actors and foreign investors/liquidators was what brought down the Russian government.
Putin’s United Russia didn’t come to power through petty proletariat censorship. It came to power when Putin and his allies mobilized what was left of the police state and used it to whip the newly minted billionaire oligarchy into an ideologically consistent nationalist project. We saw a similar transformation in China, in the immediate run up to the Xi Premiership. Both Xi and Putin had to wrestle power away from western-friendly kleptocrats intent on turning their states into the next Philippines or Honduras.