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NewAmsterDon“Trump is in touch with the impulses and desires that run counter to social norms, and he invites his audience to put aside the usual internal barriers to acting on or voicing them. This moment is an opportune one for a revival of Freud, whose work, with its signature focus on subterranean inner worlds, helps make sense of these tendencies and their implications for politics….” 🧠 📚 ✍🏽 *via Dave Pell<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Freud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Freud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SigmundFreud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SigmundFreud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totalitarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#totalitarians</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/maga-trump-psychological-appeal/680722/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pIC4lK6M-sfAYT42fOF2sFo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/maga-trump-psychological-appeal/680722/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pIC4lK6M-sfAYT42fOF2sFo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</a>

NewAmsterDonFreud and the Fundamentalist Urge - The New York Times | article from 2006 | via Dave Pell “To Freud, crowds on their own can be dangerous, but they only constitute a long-term brutal threat when a certain sort of figure takes over the superego slot in ways that are both prohibitive and permissive….” 🧠 📚 ✍🏽 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Freud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Freud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SigmundFreud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SigmundFreud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totalitarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#totalitarians</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/magazine/freud-and-the-fundamentalist-urge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU4.tU_e.1wVKZROnCn2g&smid=url-share&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/magazine/freud-and-the-fundamentalist-urge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU4.tU_e.1wVKZROnCn2g&smid=url-share&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email</a>

Aho<a href="https://mastodon.world/@AndyHarrison" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@AndyHarrison</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/@hannu_ikonen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hannu_ikonen</a> as it look like now, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gilead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gilead</a> will get 222 seats in the house, 13 million who decided to stay home gave everything to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totalitarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#totalitarians</a>

skua<a href="https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@auschwitzmuseum</a> Murdered at around 5 1/2 years of age.This is what <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bureaucracy</a> is capable of.This is what bureaucracies can have their workers doing.This is why strong protections for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Whistleblowers</a> are needed.This is why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Totalitarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Totalitarians</a>, fascists and overlords must be cut off at their roots.But instead fascists, totalitarians and overlords are gaining power.

Tim ZeeDonald Trump and Viktor Orbán are having what MSNBC calls a "dictator playdate" at Mar-a-Lago. Trump is a totalitarian groupie who thinks it makes him look strong to hang out with anti-democracy despots. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRHqJpow8GE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRHqJpow8GE</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ViktorOrb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ViktorOrbán</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarALago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarALago</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DictatorPlaydate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DictatorPlaydate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totalitarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#totalitarians</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnneApplebaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnneApplebaum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RachelKleinfled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RachelKleinfled</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmandaCarpenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmandaCarpenter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NicolleWallace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NicolleWallace</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hungary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Magyarorsz%C3%A1g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Magyarország</a>

jtb<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@AlexGallagher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@AlexGallagher</a> I don't care, because they are both <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/lockdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lockdown</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/totalitarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#totalitarians</a> so I shall not vote for either of them (or their minions).

Heskie"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dorries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Dorries</a> said: “The solution to most problems in politics are usually quite simple – you need the right leader, you need the right vision and you need to make people feel inspired" (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/13/tory-anarchy-breaks-out-as-revolt-looms-on-brexit-laws" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/13/tory-anarchy-breaks-out-as-revolt-looms-on-brexit-laws</a>) - echoing the calls of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Totalitarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Totalitarians</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Populists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Populists</a>. In an increasingly interwoven and interdependent world, wrestling with ancient and intractable human problems, alongside more recent existential threats, the very notion that solutions are simple is delusional and a danger to democracy

Jewish conversations<a href="https://mastodon.world/@robwolfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@robwolfe</a> I guess I'm a bit concerned that such a wording could justify a bias against anyone with a religion. We should not look down on people with faith. Instead, we should build a community of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#allies</a> - both atheist and religious - to fight against <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#totalitarianism</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Totalitarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Totalitarians</a> want us to argue with each other because they know that we're <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/strongertogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongertogether</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ally</a>

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