Reposted by Eitan
@tompepinsky.com was right back in 2017 about the banality & ordinariness of authoritarian politics. We have normalized concentration camps, government murder on the high seas & our streets, & unprecedented daily corruption. It is maddening & stupid & also most have pretended nothing has changed.
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Everyday Authoritarianism is Maddening and Stupid
Eight years ago, I wrote a post on this blog entitled “Everyday Authoritarianism is Boring and Tolerable.” A slightly edited version did some numbers when it appeared at Vox as “L…