Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

On Jan6, the storming of Congress was just one part of a larger plot to overturn the election in an orchestrated autogolpe/self-coup. In Brazil, there was no apparent larger plot. No electoral process to seize. It was just the riot. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

1. AGENDA // Jan6 was executed with the explicit goal of overrunning Congressional vote certification so as to overturn Trump's election loss and keep him in office. In Brazil, there was no ongoing certification to seize. Bolsonaro had already left. His loss was forgone. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

The images out of Brazil yesterday might've looked eerily similar to Jan 6th, but there are some extremely important differences between the two events. I'll survey the big ones here. Altogether they suggest that Brazil's J8, scary as it was, was more tantrum than full J6. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @sergiospagnuolo: Foi PREMEDITADO. Muitas pessoas debatendo sobre "tomar" o Congresso nos últimos dias no Telegram. Nosso monitoramento… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

That said important to remember that Donald Trump did not invent the insurrection autogolpe. Here’s Venezuela’s legislature in 2017 https://t.co/WpBr9s7Ufh — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Another big day today for vindicating Linz — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

In some ways the big surprise in Brazil is that this didn’t happen while Bolsonaro was still in office, when it would’ve posed a far graver threat. A lot of his supporters wanted him to give the green light for a Jan6. Instead he handed off power and left the country. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

It remains to be seen whether Brazil’s violence emerged bottom-up from the very active far-right grassroots or was planned too-down, much less by members of the previous govt. Be wary of “BREAKING” viral tweets that present speculation as fact. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @JayUlfelder: Worth keeping in mind that, unlike J6ers in US, who were trying to stop vote certification, insurrectionists in Brazil hav… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

The similarity in Brazil to Jan 6 is not a coincidence. The Brazilian right and especially far-right have long looked up to and modeled themselves after the US right. No one had to tell them to copy Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @vlasceanu_mada: The Chaos Machine is a must-read if you’re on social media, watch youtube videos, or simply care about society’s future… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @SeanFennessey: BABYLON hive is growing stronger everyday. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Lewis_: Wall Street Journal reporter @DionRabouin was conducting interviews outside of a Chase Bank before he was handcuffed and d… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @cd_hooks: https://t.co/MDRCi9zwSi — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @natansachs: Thursday Dec 29 is a landmark day in Israel’s history. Netanyahu’s new government is committed to a revolution in Israel’s… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Really good overview of the specific challenges to US electoral democracy coming in 2023 https://t.co/ljoSjTbEsA — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@TheEclecticRad @LucanWay It was not a consensus at all. It was one of the most violent civil wars of the 20th century! — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@LucanWay So the next time you read something warning that China is going to export is going to export its authoritarian model worldwide, I think you can fairly take it with a big grain of salt. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@LucanWay In short the "China model" is only all that useful or applicable for other regimes founded in totalizing social revolution. And those are extremely rare; they count only 10 worldwide today. Many are already durable single-party states anyway. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@LucanWay The book demonstrates (and I wrote about this in the link below) that so much of what makes China's system resilient & strong isn't how it's structured or how it behaves, but rather its origins in root-and-branch social revolution 70 years ago https://t.co/QbDivZ1aLg — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

One important lesson I took from @LucanWay & Levitsky's excellent new book: China's authoritarian "model" will probably never actually be a workable model for other autocracies to follow https://t.co/DK8OiFoZJQ — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @jdickerson: The Chaos Machine is an important read. https://t.co/NdCbcPU2vw — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

You hate to publicly dispute a colleague – it's one of our cardinal sins – but I thought Babylon was phenomenal and you should really see it in theaters https://t.co/z5oMRsEVDr — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @thencarolsaid: If you think that Zelensky should engage talks with Russia, consider Bosnia. Maybe the most successful peace treaty ever… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @chashomans: Up this morning: @jazmineulloa @NYTBlake and I looked back at one of the most consequential political stories of 2022: the… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

We’ll never know for sure because it’s impossible to track the authoritarian takeovers that don’t happen, but there’s a decent chance this just became one of the most important pieces of legislation in the last half century — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Americans should be playing close attention to Peru. Its crisis is the latest vindication of Juan Linz's theory – looking more prescient every day – laying out exactly how all presidential systems, including ours, are doomed to one day collapse. https://t.co/fXtx5bcKMr — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Vinncent: Showing you the number of views is a cheap way to activate the "number go up" lizard part of your brain without getting anybo… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @awprokop: Overall it seems like a well-thought out package of reforms that effectively deals with the 2020 threats from state legislatu… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

you're hearing it more & more: the healthy replacement for your twitter addiction isnt mastodon (lol), it's group chats and friend slacks https://t.co/T5GFlMRa70 https://t.co/uOLVkiI6q4 — PolitiTweet.org