Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

New report finds that Hungary has experienced the single-largest democratic decline ever recorded among comparable states https://t.co/ODwCc4gszg https://t.co/XOGSbQcuhx — PolitiTweet.org

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@DamonLinker The right-wing reliance on O'Sullivan in this debate is fascinating. His organization is funded (indirectly) by the Hungarian government, which he openly admits. He's at odds with every recognized expert on democracy on the planet. Seems like that should raise some red flags! — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@ishaantharoor We had a long discussion over which one to start last night, defaulted to Vikings because it had been a bit buzzier — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Perhaps America was once exceptional. Perhaps it can be again. But the coronavirus shows that, at our moment in history, it clearly is not. https://t.co/Wzx2COhKeS — PolitiTweet.org

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@drfarls Extremely true, but at the same time he did manage to contemporaneously design, staff, and implement the very best thing any American president has done in the 21st century — and it specifically related to disease policy — PolitiTweet.org

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@drfarls I keep going back and forth on this sort of question. Me: Bush would be bad because Katrina Other me: But PEPFAR shows Bush took disease seriously Me: Okay, but Iraq Other me: Compare infectious disease policy to infectious disease policy! — PolitiTweet.org

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@BoSchwartz @KevinWGlass oh wow, that's bad — PolitiTweet.org

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@KevinWGlass I'm with you on the first tweet but the second one a) doesn't follow from excess deaths charts and b) is clearly untrue when you look at corona-specific data — PolitiTweet.org

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@SWGoldman Love his book on the actual history of the Spartacus rebellion! One day, I will write my revisionist take about how our mainstream history courses unfairly treat the Romans as civilized and the Mongols as deranged barbarians. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SWGoldman I thought Spartacus was over the top, but then was talking to a historian of Rome the other day who told me that no, the Romans really were that bad — PolitiTweet.org

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@SWGoldman No, when it comes to premium cable Imperial dramas I'm a Spartacus stan — PolitiTweet.org

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@Vermeullarmine https://t.co/2vtVhGLRoB — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Started watching Vikings last night and, folks, premodern times were extremely bad — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@Vermeullarmine thank you for this, it's the best thing i've read today — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@DavidKlion I voted for 1 in your poll but my story sounds a lot more like 4; my actual view is some kind of combination of the two. Lotta tricky conceptual issues packed into deceptively simple poll answers! — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@DavidKlion Funny that you start this poll now, I have a feature coming out on extremely related themes in an hour! — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@JHWeissmann oh i think i know who it is now — PolitiTweet.org

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@lionel_trolling killing it friend — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@lionel_trolling What is that quote from? It's a considerably better articulation of my gut reaction to the piece you're talking about — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/mww6frZgq2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Having two dogs — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@AnshelPfeffer My version of this experience — having two survivor grandparents, my mother born shortly after the war — has profoundly informed my politics in the same way that you describe in this thread. It's like hearing my inner monologue typed out. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexNowrasteh I thought the Wilentz et al. argument outlined here had some pretty reasonable criticisms https://t.co/LJJBiyxdn0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidAstinWalsh @yeselson @SWGoldman Britain and America: post-imperial powers with terrible politics but excellent beers — PolitiTweet.org

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The 1619 Project obviously isn't flawless or above criticism. I think a lot of the critiques have significant merit. But the level of outrage and vitriol the project receives goes well above normal intellectual debate — in an extremely revealing way. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

We are literally living through one of the worst catastrophes of modern human history. A substantial portion of the commentariat seems to care more that black Americans' historical narrative get some official recognition. — PolitiTweet.org

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Some people on this site are madder about the 1619 Project winning a Pulitzer than they are Trump botching the federal coronavirus response — PolitiTweet.org

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@RyanDEnos Okay, I think I figured out you point — that subnational comparisons can allow you to make more accurate or precise comparisons in many circumstances. Whereas I'm saying that, in this case, it actually doesn't. Problem caused by my overbroad tweet. This is me procrastinating. — PolitiTweet.org

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@yeselson @DavidAstinWalsh @SWGoldman yeah i agree with sam, british real ales in general get an unfairly bad rep in the us — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@RyanDEnos i'm confused about what the disagreement is here. i'm saying that comparing the covid response in a subnational unit to a nationwide response in another country is analytically dubious, not against the idea of subnational comparisons in general — PolitiTweet.org