Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

(3) The size of speed of China's protests is unusual compared to past waves, but that's in fitting with a global trend, so may be more driven by global than China-specific factors. And those big-fast protests tend to fizzle out. Wrote about it here: https://t.co/OuNYSIjI5V — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

If you remember those prior waves of big anti-government protest, you know that it initially looked like a grave challenge to the party, but that the govt, after a few weeks of letting it play out, contained and suppressed it. If you don't remember them, what does that tell you? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

(2) These protests are unusual for their size and political valence, but not unprecedented. Remember Wukan in 2011 and the string of villages that declared quasi independence? Or the 80,000 workers who rose up in 2002? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Full autocracies need some release valve for bottom-up sentiment in place of voting or retail politics. China has, among other things, a tolerated tradition of small-scale protest. This is different – much larger, aimed at the leadership – but it builds on that practice. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

(1) Protests are much more routine in China than you might think. Sun Liping of Tsinghua University has estimated hundreds occur every day, though most are very small. https://t.co/zSXLOUBKOD — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Three thoughts on China's protests and how big of a deal they are or aren't (spoiler: a big deal, but talk of regime change is way overblown) — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Thanks especially to @arishapiro who has been a real champion for the book – and, having shared the same anecdotes at dinner parties for 3 years now, my sympathy to his guests — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Thanks to NPR for naming The Chaos Machine one of the best books of the year! https://t.co/eqaFaNWZqP https://t.co/R7Ru2jmLm9 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @JiayangFan: Those of us in the western media tend to treat every political wobble in China as a potential Tunisian fruit seller moment.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EoinHiggins_: “These machine learning systems…can train the system to increase watch time or increase certain types of views. But we do… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Max_Fisher: The only variable that can explain the high rate of mass shootings in America is its astronomical number of guns. https://t… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

On incitement and the rise of far-right vigilante violence https://t.co/1bVDFQx814 https://t.co/sLY5cR5seW — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

There's already been a ton of insightful commentary on what might explain this, but I suspect we'll all be working understand it for some time to come. And of course the next two years will clarify a lot in what really changed, or didn't. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Given the last two years, it's a big surprise how few Reps are disputing their losses or pushing election conspiracies. The apparent collapse of Stop-the-Steal-ism (at least for now—could roar right back in 2024) is, to me, by far the most significant story of this election. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Between this and layoffs at Facebook, have to wonder if Silicon Valley tech workers might overcome their longheld resistance to unionizing. Would change a lot. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @KianSharifi: One of the six men on trial for taking part in protests in Iran has been convicted of "moharebeh" and sentenced to death,… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

there's something to this but i really lament the online consensus that considering american democracy to be at risk constitutes "liberal cringe" — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

If I had to put a number on it, I'd say the aggregate expert assessment I heard pre-election put the US's odds of ending the decade as a full democracy at ~35%, with similar odds of outright authoritarianism. My rough sense is last night shifted views by 10% in democracy's favor. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Regardless of who takes Congress, this was a massive defeat for the election-denial movement. SoS losses in key states. GOP figures conceding rather than disputing. Scant grassroots rejectionism. Democracy-watchers I know are cautiously upgrading US democracy's odds of survival — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Here's @rickhasen on what we learned about the importance of elite signaling in triggering election denial sentiment https://t.co/UKJO6Ez2oq — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

This is all the more striking given that fraud conspiracies were circulating heavily just before the vote. But it's completely fallen off in the absence of a big national figure setting a "stop the steal" narrative for people to rally around. Important lesson for future elections — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Florida going perma-red might have a silver lining for Dems: fear of angering Florida Cubans had kept them from reopening Venezuelan oil. Now there's less disincentive to go for it, potentially boosting the national economy & Dem 2024 prospects. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Quite possibly the most important result of the entire night — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

The electoral incompetence theory holds a lot of water for me. Promoting candidates whose whole deal is reality-denial and institution-smashing turns out to deemphasize key skills for winning elections, like facility with electoral data, process mgmt, leveraging party structures — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HodlDaGem: I highly recommend reading “The Chaos Machine” by @Max_Fisher After each reading session I recommend scrolling through @elo… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Max_Fisher: If you'd like to understand why unfettered social media – what Twitter will put into overdrive with trust & safety now elim… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

If you'd like to understand why unfettered social media – what Twitter will put into overdrive with trust & safety now eliminated – reliably becomes a society-wide mass radicalization machine, have I got the book for you https://t.co/mXHNlwwMyh — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @NoahGarfinkel: Play this for Putin and the war in Ukraine is over immediately. https://t.co/Jl2r8ooFaU — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @NoahGarfinkel: I’m going to dedicate my life to this. https://t.co/UNskzVMgEe — PolitiTweet.org