Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Promise: Increased access to information will give voters greater power over democracy Reality: Increased access to information helps us indulge our base impulses for us-vs-them outgrouping, strengthening parties' stranglehold over the withering remains of democracy — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @giselilla: De lo mejor que he leído sobre Bolivia: “The line between coups and revolts can be blurry, even nonexistent.” Lo que import… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @naunihalpublic: @Max_Fisher @JayUlfelder To clarify for some new followers, for whatever it is worth, I do believe this was a coup. But… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @naunihalpublic: I spoke to @Max_Fisher about what is at stake in the definitional fight over whether an event is a Coup or a Revolution… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias And, more pettily, I was annoyed because your tweet indirectly accusing “the media” of framing the events in Bolivia misleadingly was itself a misleading representation of events in Bolivia. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias Yeah, I mean, in cases like these lots of people will immediately swoop in to viciously argue over what to label it. Putting aside that a lot remains unknown here so maybe first allowing 0.001 seconds of reporting is prudent, I think that misses a lot. https://t.co/ITeJkGWnq9 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias Attributing Morales’ departure solely to the military’s statement, w/o the huge weekslong protests alleging he stole an election & refused to leave office, which led up to that statement, seems like a much more ideologically charged portrayal than any US headlines I’ve seen imo! — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @JayUlfelder: @Max_Fisher Well put. I blogged on this point a while back: https://t.co/MI06tvKlNy. Happy not to be in the business of tr… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Here’s @naunihalpublic, a leading scholar of coups: https://t.co/MplvBEOmTt — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

These labeling campaigns are political exercises, meant to either legitimize or deligitimize the leader’s removal. It’s part of the process; a way to challenge “bad” removals and cement “good” ones. But be aware it’s a political exercise, not a neutral terminology debate. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

In those cases, there’s no magic litmus test for whether it “counts” as a coup or revolution. It’s messier than a simple, clean label. But in public discourse coup/revolution will be applied as a moral judgment, to mean “removal of govt I dislike” vs “removal of govt I like.” — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

One thing that comes thru in the academic work on “coups” and “revolutions” is that in practice the distinction is often (not always but often) pretty blurry: public uprisings plus elite defection lead to forced resignation or extra-constitutional removal of executive. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@OsitaNwanevu @dylanmatt @CharlesCMann That is kinda sorta the thesis of Keegan’s history of warfare. Warmaking as cultural ritual. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@bellingcat Rather than defuse by denouncing the "kill list" of journos seemingly based on her site's article, or so much as offering to look into it, Quillette's editor implies the whole thing is made up in retaliation for the article supposedly showing MSM links to antifa. Bizarre. https://t.co/5sv2OJebXL — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Disturbing @bellingcat findings: a Quillette article, which had implied MSM is in league with antifa, seemingly became the basis for a far-right video calling for murders of journos named in the article. Easy for Quillette to distance itself, but that was ... not their response. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @jdpink: The US president's dislike for the marine animal was revealed in an In Touch Weekly interview with adult film actress Stormy Da… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@aaronpcalvin Hey Aaron, hoping to get in touch. Shoot me an email? firstname.lastname at nytimes dot com — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mattduss: "Inequality is still deeply entrenched. Chile’s middle class is struggling with high prices, low wages, and a privatized reti… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @stcolumbia: It's good to know that in this era of tumult and uncertainty, you can still rely on former CIA leaders to believe delusiona… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @llmunro: What could possibly go wrong. https://t.co/VF0fw0gNgD — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @jbarbassa: ‘A Very Dangerous Game’: In Latin America, Embattled Leaders Lean on Generals https://t.co/A5ffM2e6RG — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Retweeting praise is lame and I apologize for subjecting you all to it, but if you think you might enjoy our newsletter as much as Alex here, you can subscribe for free: https://t.co/d6GShSMk3l — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Syrians and Iraqis have one fewer tormenter today. Disaffected young men online have one fewer person encouraging them to violence. That matters, though I’m not sure whether today’s news has much significance beyond that. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Here’s my attempt at an explainer at why the rate and severity of mass protests are spiking globally, with insights and some very surprising statistics from @EricaChenoweth and others https://t.co/m3SOpudplX — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@MazMHussain 2014 too, when Obama sent TOW missiles, a huge step. I think all the time about this @adamentous story on the admin's 2012 Syria mtgs stalling out because McDonough assumed Assad was about to fall anyway, something even Lavrov seemed to believe at the time https://t.co/DnExlo8fO2 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@MazMHussain It will never happen because everyone on all sides is way too invested in the narrative that Obama "didn't intervene," but we could really use an evaluation of what led to his admin's Syria interventions, direct and indirect, and their role in shaping the conflict. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @BrendanNyhan: This is a linguistic change that I found to be extremely important and powerful in the #1619Project - "enslaved people" a… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@maya_sen That is super generous of you, thank you Maya — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Fwiw there is a long history of America bombing its own military hardware in the Middle East https://t.co/JXQCU2ouD5 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@dylanmatt @A_H_Goldstein Fwiw imo on London-US routes Virgin is far preferable to BA, both on the miles/points math and on overall quality of experience. Virgin takes Chase transferable points — PolitiTweet.org