What is the point of freedoms if one feels he can’t use them? Continue reading
Tag Archives: helplessness
Let’s Not Talk About the Dragon!
There is no good way to address populist fearmongering. The good news is that you shouldn’t do it anyway Continue reading
How Many Protesters Do You Think Are Enough?
When protests, outrage, public opinion and voting results are all ignored Continue reading
The sense of legal helplessness prepares the way for autocracy
Understanding legal helplessness Continue reading
“Just hand it in and see what happens!”
The painfully familiar feeling of regulatory helplessness is a sign of something more sinister Continue reading
An authoritarian regime must never retreat
Inducing the sense of helplessness in the victims makes autocracy cheaper and easier than outright open violence ever could Continue reading
Orbán Supporters Who Claim to Hate Healthcare Anyway
“Hospitals are not hotels. Period.” Continue reading
#O1G – Anti-regime protests in Hungary
Can 2019 really be the year of resistance? Continue reading
What Would Life Under AI Rule Really Look Like?
Machine rule would start out as a ‘totalitarian nudge regime’ – then it can afford to shed the pretense altogether Continue reading
The Second Most Sexist Society in Europe
80% agree that the role of women is domestic and reproductive service. Continue reading
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