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Monday, September 27, 2021

OUT OF THE MOUTH OF MY ENEMY COMES TRUTH

Although there is much in this essay by Robert Kagan with which I disagree, he is fundamentally right about the threat the United States faces.  It is worth reading.

8 comments:

David Palmeter said...

It is frightening and depressing. We're paying for the failure of the Democrats to win at the state/local level. The Supreme Court will no doubt uphold every outrage enacted by state legislatures.

Another Anonymous said...

I will note that in 2016 Kagan wrote the following piece, unapologetically using the word “fascism” to refer to the prospect of a Trump presidency.

Kagan, Robert (May 18, 2016). "This Is How Fascism Comes to America". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 8, 2016.

s. wallerstein said...

I click on the link and I'm asked to subscribe to continue reading. Could someone please summarize what Kagan has to say? Thanks.

DJL said...

Well, Kagan simply means authoritarianism-with-a-charismatic-leader by "fascism", as Jason Stanley seems to understand the term, and though that is fine as far as it goes, it ain't old-style fascism (or not only that).

Ahmed Fares said...

s. wallerstein,

Some paywalls are made leaky because some sites want some people to break through, and when they quote articles, it drives up their subscriptions, e.g., The New York Times:

The New York Times was able to do this partially because it has a widely recognized brand name and global scale, but also because of the way it gradually and transparently introduced a paywall for digital users, and stayed relevant to readers by encouraging sharing articles across sites (i.e. a leaky paywall). source: New York Times: Winning with Leaky Paywall

Having said that, here is an add-on in Firefox called Bypass Paywalls Clean.

Bypass Paywalls Clean

s. wallerstein said...

Ahmed,

Thanks.

Another Anonymous said...

Ahmed,

Thank you alo. I just added the app to firefox, and it worked!

It's an Allah send.

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