@autocraticdespair.bsky.social
This account seeks to suggest to people that "Trump Derangement Syndrome" is a thought-terminating cliche and offers them a replacement for the term in "Autocratic Despair". Account by @nickmortensen.com as his effort to meet the moment.
autocratic despair dialogues event poster for the July 21 edition. Hosted at the Central Library in Green Bay, WI
The next Autocratic Despair Dialogues event is scheduled for July 21 at 6pm at the Brown County Library in downtown Green Bay. Do come out if you can make it.
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Poster image for the June 16th edition of the Autocratic Despair Dialogues - a moderated discussion group for people focused on Authoritarianism in the US
If you are in Green Bay and you'd like to attend our next "Autocratic Despair Dialogues" event - it is June 16th 2025 at 6pm at the Brown County Central Library with host @nickmortensen.com
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It's a thought-terminating cliche meant to make it easy to dismiss people with real concerns about the threat that Authoritarianism is to America.
My main goal in life is to offer the term "Autocratic Despair" as a less judgemental substitute that might make it easier to recognize how bad this is.
Could not agree more. TDS is a rather insidious trick of language in that it is meant to portray people with real anxiety & concerns about Authoritarianism in the USA as mentally ill or unable to properly evaluate a threat.
I'd like to use TDS for MAGA Enthusiasts and sub in "Autocratic Despair".