Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

3. But the crucial error the piece makes is conflating "authoritarianism" with executive dictatorship. The actual concern with Trump is that he enjoys the backing of a *party* that has proven itself to be willing and able to undermine the fairness of American elections. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

2. The piece focuses heavily on Trump's personal incompetence, arguing that he's not disciplined or smart enough to conduct a 1930s-style power grab. And fair enough! https://t.co/sKY8vlI8km — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

1. I want to talk about this @DouthatNYT column, and why I think it's wrong — mainly, that it misunderstands what "authoritarianism" is https://t.co/uN6cCGsltm — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@Bernstein I have so many theories about who this is — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

It is possible to say "economic inequality is evil" without falsely blaming it for every other evil on the planet — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MiaMBloom: We’ve debated the relationship between poverty & terrorism for 19 years. They are NOT causal. Most research posits they’re i… — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidAstinWalsh @ZeeshanAleem @AdamSerwer @jbouie @EricLevitz @onesarahjones His dad was an AD on the first Hunger Games movie — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidAstinWalsh @ZeeshanAleem @AdamSerwer @jbouie @EricLevitz @onesarahjones Everyone forgets that Elliot Rodger was the son of a big-deal Hollywood producer. One of the major themes of his manifesto is about how he believed his wealth entitled him to sex, and when women didn't just gravitate to him he turned violent — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZeeshanAleem @AdamSerwer @jbouie @EricLevitz @onesarahjones @DavidAstinWalsh This is actually a pretty consistent finding in the radicalization literature. Large-n efforts to link terrorism and poverty typically fail; generally speaking, it's a sense of *social* alienation that leads people to engage in terrorism. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @MazMHussain: Went out for a run in the park and saw lots of Hasidic families and young people out who were pretty much universally wear… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @libbyanelson: While we’re all talking about prewrites, it’s been years so now I think it can be told: this was me (I was the updater, n… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Thanks to @jbouie, @pastpunditry, and @LarryGlickman for helping guide me on the actual history of the "republic vs democracy" distinction. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Mike Lee’s tweets against “democracy” are a justification for minority rule https://t.co/TSrow8kPqq — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

The dynamics of the "pulling out of the debate" conversation are weird. Biden has the strong hand. As the poll leader, he has every incentive to minimize the prospect for disruptive events. Trump needs the debates to happen more, so he needs to make concessions about the venue. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alex_abads i have genuinely never heard this before — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@alex_abads No, it's totally a good song! Just weird the way it was everywhere. Also what's the sunscreen song? — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

The song is about how incest and poverty forced a woman to become a prostitute to feed her son, leading to a humiliating encounter with a guy she went to school with. And this was a banger people played at parties? — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Sometimes I think about City High's "What Would You Do?" and how incredibly weird it is that this song was a mega-hit when I was a kid — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@onesarahjones @KevinMKruse sarah that's awful on so many levels, i'm sorry — PolitiTweet.org

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"Strongman calls for imprisonment of political opponents while his chief deputy refuses to rule out electoral violence in the event of electoral defeat" — PolitiTweet.org

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Just a banner morning for the GOP telling on itself https://t.co/nmQXOGvyiB — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Anyway the thing that's really troubling about Lee's comments is that they come right on the heels of both Trump and Pence refusing to commit to a peaceful transition of power in November — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@mattyglesias We try to be charitable at https://t.co/maFNxX6uzF, so I'm taking this at face value. Ultimately you are probably correct though — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

You can have democratic republics (the United States) and democratic monarchies (the UK). You can have authoritarian republics (the DPRK) and authoritarian monarchies (Saudi Arabia). Treating a "republic" as opposed to democracy kinda lines you up with North Korea. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Love to need to explain to our elected leaders that "democracy" is the opposite of "authoritarianism" while "republic" is the opposite of "monarchy" — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

As I was saying https://t.co/XjSyDVfqcg — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

The charitable way to read this is a restatement of small-l liberal views of rights as side constraints. But given the context and the GOP’s record, the charitable view isn’t the obviously correct one. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

The biggest difference between Trump and Pence's performances is that Pence is better at lying — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

The fly was the best part of this debate — PolitiTweet.org

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No one appears interested in answering any questions — PolitiTweet.org