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How Democracy Abolishes Itself - Again - and Slides Into Authoritarian Rule

The German government is working to effectively abolish the IFG, while the EU is once again pushing to extend and expand Chat Control.

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250 Years of the Declaration of Independence, Democracy Gone Astray

The USA celebrates 250 years of independence and democracy. But was the country ever a true democracy? A critical assessment from Roman roots to financial oligarchy.

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Our choices and suggestions on voting

#### Hello everyone!!! #### I hope so you all are fine and happy 😃 The world is in trouble these day's, there's a lot war's, conflict and economy disturbance in many countries and these problems are hard to solve. I never thought that I'll see i mean I'll heard the news of war's in my neighborhood. All countries have president and prime minister and so on a full team to run a country. We chose them on our own decision. ### Democratic system!!! In Pakistan we also have democracy system where we use our vote or our power to chose a prime minister for us or chose our leader. But i think in our country now democracy also fails, there's too much scam in this system that last time our results were totally change within a night. I don't know how they did this but at night we saw other results that somebody else is winning the seat but as we woke up whole thing was changed. Now a days, people got call's or message on their mobile phone that you should vote for this. Some really follow those calls as they're giving them a greed hint but some just ignore them a feel like a headache. But asking for a vote isn't a good thing. Because true meaning of democracy is people have right to chose their own leader. #### What if they really got suggestion to chose the best??? From my personal opinion, people don't hear others when it comes to politics, believe me i see people break the relationship and friendship when they came to know that they don't support the party and they support to their opposite party. People go at the extreme level and I really don't like it. It means you can't give suggestions to other's in this political system because it's okay if you support their leader but there'll a clash when you asked them to not vote for that leader who they support. ### True meaning of democracy!!! In the Democratic system we gave the option to people to give vote for the person who they think is the best. Now if we really want to give the suggestions because we think that it's not working properly and it's really destroy our country because they didn't chose the best leader but then you've to properly finish the democratic system instead if giving suggestions because giving suggestions make clashes. #### Final thought's!!! At this point of life, at which I'm seeing my country, i think it's hard to fixed the things because things get worst here. But if someone really think that there's a person who can fixed it that I'll surely want to get that suggestion but i can't say anything about anyone that they'll agree to it or not. #### Thank you for your time and support 🙏

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Media, power and manipulation

Joe Lauria on Ukraine, Russia and censorship

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The Demon Kratie (Demo(n) Cracy)

The Demon Kratie (Demo(n) Cracy) is an allegorical story about the origins of societal control and the illusion of freedom.

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Democracy in Practice: The Illusion of Freedom and the Reality of Control

Democracy promises freedom and popular power. But what if participation is real only inside a curated menu of acceptable outcomes? A simple test exposes the difference between theory and design.

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Jacques Baud: "We no longer live in a constitutional state"

A conversation about democracy, truth, courage and the future of Europe.

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Ruth Firmenich on the EU's unlawful sanctions against Jacques Baud and other dissidents

It’s about democracy, censorship, power – and the courage not to bow down.

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Manifesto of the Democratic Decentralized Resistance

This manifesto emerges from the collective work of activists, technologists, journalists, human rights defenders, and entrepreneurs, who participated in the Decentralized Resistance Gathering 2025.

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Why Security Kills Freedom I. The Illusion of Modern Capitalism

This morning I wrote a long reflection for a friend who asked me to explain why socialism doesn’t really work in practice. I used real examples from Europe, where social democracy often looks successful on the surface but hides deep structural imbalances. My intention is not to argue but to clarify the economic and moral principles that sustain or destroy freedom.

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Free Article 2 (Nov. 4, 2025): From Polling Place to Policy: How Today’s Election Builds Tomorrow’s Power

Beneath the calm of an “off-year” Election Day lies the architecture of power itself — local votes, legislative maps, and civic habits that determine who governs and how communities thrive. The smallest races often shape the biggest outcomes.

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Free Article 1 (Nov, 4, 2025): Election Day 2025: Why It Still Matters — And What to Watch

Even in an “off-year,” Election Day 2025 carries real consequences. From statehouses to ballot measures, today’s votes will shape the political and moral landscape heading into 2026 — reminding us that civic participation is a habit, not a holiday.

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Interview 1975 - Discord Democracy is Coming For Us All! (NWNW #604)

This week on New World Next Week: Nepalese nepos get taken down by Discord democracy; The Power of Siberia 2 is tanking Gazprom; and masks are the new orange in New Brunswick.

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The State Should Serve Citizens: Criptocracia as a Tool for Democratic Empowerment

Criptocracia, a trustless open-source electronic voting system

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Your savings - or Brussel's covert slush fund?

Eurocrats are talking about "“channel private savings” into investments. Is the EU simply drawing inspiration from countries such as Sweden, or might something more nefarious be afoot?

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY (1933)

How did "the land of the free and the home of the brave" become "the land of the greedy and the home of the slaves"? April fifth, 1933, is the answer.

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The European Democracy Shield: Who is it Really Protecting?

The EU's regulations aimed at combating disinformation raise questions about who is really being protected and also about the true purpose of the "European Democracy Shield".

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Trust - best built on solid ground

J.D. Vance observed that many in the Democratic Party are attempting to manufacture trust from the top down, neglecting the fact that genuine trust is often born from grassroots connections. There's indeed a stark contrast between trust that's artificially constructed through manipulation and censorship, and trust that's organically cultivated from the ground up.

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The mathematics of trust (in the media)

The mathematics of trust says that news reporting will increasingly fall flat when the population becomes suspicious of the media. This is now the case for large groups of voters in the U.S. but also the case in Sweden

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Anonymous accounts on social media – a threat to democracy?

To advocate for the abolition of anonymity on the internet as now many do, one must be of the (absurd) opinion that the development of history has now reached its definitive end.

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Who will guard the search engines?

How search engines work should be considered of great importance by anyone who claims to take democracy seriously, as evident from past elections and recent events.

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Why Democracy

> "I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal" _John Maynard Keynes_ Politicians are assholes That hasn't changed in 5,000 years It's objectively true that Julian Assange was persecuted by multiple democratic governments https://thedissenter.org/inside-the-assange-plea-deal-why-the-us-government-abruptly-ended-the-case/ The difference between democracy and not democracy is tens of thousands of Julian Assanges (Iran) and hundreds of thousands of Julian Assanges (Syria, North Korea) The difference is a full stop nostr:nevent1qqs857j7ge4daqk4frsy5md3l0e7qnxlx3fu2zld2gxacs999fp5tkspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qcpazafytvafazxkjn43zjfwtfzatfz508r54f6z6a3rf2ws8223qxpqqqqqqzxsdxpy Someone challenged a human rights activist and former Venezuelan political prisoner to support freedom over shilling for democracy Placing democracy and freedom in opposition can make perfect sense to someone who is living in a liberal democracy It does not make any sense for someone who is living in Iran, Venezuela or North Korea At this moment in time there are several hundred thousand people being forced to work in online scam centres generating tens of $ billions of revenue for organized crime To gain freedom they must risk their lives to escape or their families pay a ransom They are tortured if they don't meet targets These centres are mainly located in Cambodia and Myanmar They are in Cambodia because Cambodia is a one-party state The Cambodian police, judiciary and government have been bought And they are in Myanmar where regional military fiefdoms are financed by organized crime https://bangkok.ohchr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ONLINE-SCAM-OPERATIONS-2582023.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/17/world/asia/myanmar-cyber-scam.html Spreading liberal democracy reduces human trafficking Spreading liberal democracy increases freedom of speech ![image](https://yakihonne.s3.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com/681ec9c0372b83b094388634092bf4bf8d0910c432e8b87ca7d722cafe78b4e7/files/1720147608756-YAKIHONNES3.png) In as far as human rights activists work with objective facts and the most oppressed peoples in the world, they will work to spread democracy Expecting anything else is unrealistic Presenting it as a choice will only go one way But it needn't be a choice as we're all on the same side It's in the interest of governments to split people into sides and get them to fight on Twitter The self-sovereign tech movement is interesting as it cuts across all political contexts It helps people in the most oppressed parts of the world as well as the freest It's an escape hatch and a home for some of the nicest people on the planet It has the shape of the future But it didn't free Julian Assange And it doesn't solve the problem of the thousands of Julian Assanges in Iran It didn't transition Taiwan from the white terror to an open society nostr:nevent1qqsqfc8qgsqd7gxcmw5zw3udg56utkcj0qnp9jxemj6eht9p4e2z8vgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhsygqn3qlypmqmr9q2v406wa4dt5ehv44xsanedpvc8zq53wthu4j4pupsgqqqqqqsffxa78 ![image](https://yakihonne.s3.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com/681ec9c0372b83b094388634092bf4bf8d0910c432e8b87ca7d722cafe78b4e7/files/1720148280271-YAKIHONNES3.png) Although it may help in all those things Human progress toward freedom is slow and faltering It is also inexorable That is our history The tide will wash away the "Supreme Leaders" and the slavers and their mad dreams And ultimately all governments > "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time..." _Winston Churchill_

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The 10 Phases of Voting

1. Voting is a right and duty as a good citizen 2. I vote for the lessor of two evils 3. I only vote on issues I am informed on 4. Nothing seems to change but voting is vital to our survival 5. I vote as an act of self defense 6. I forgot to vote and I feel bad about it 7. I am disenfranchised and stopped voting 8. I tell people I don't vote and why 9. I have no clue about what the two teams are lying about today 10. I forget about elections Where are you on this list? Should this go to 11? Some of you have never even been under the spell of democracy. You are phase zero. Stay on zero. This was inspired by https://stacker.news/items/308827

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私のボール、あなたのあご。: My Balls, Your Chin.

This is a transcription from the original Asian "Surfer Rock" Beach Boys clone band *ビッグスティック,* directly translated as Big Stick Spider (or Octopus) Dick. In this, what appears a very strange branding to culturally-biased westerners, you can spot the first stirrings of what eventually became the Animé porn movement.

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