Nicholas Grossman

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

06 February 2025 14:06

The apparent lies and attempted cover ups of Musk operatives raiding US agencies, stealing Americans’ personal data, changing base code at Treasury, and more, indicates they know it’s a political liability. The public (and business community) really don’t like it. With reason. Keep shining a light.

Ehud

duhe.bsky.social

06 February 2025 14:06

I am a bit surprised that social psychologists are not constantly reminding us of Milgram’s obedience experiments and how you can get people not to obey.

Nicholas Grossman

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

10 February 2025 22:40

May be more accurate to say the Constitutional crisis already happened—the years democracy and rule of law were under attack, which much of the media downplayed and legal institutions failed to contain—and we’re now in the post-Constitution crisis. But “no Constitutional crisis” is definitely wrong.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

theradr.bsky.social

13 February 2025 19:15

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

Nicholas Grossman

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

14 February 2025 03:48

Corrupt, unethical, incompetent actions can serve an authoritarian project, explained Hannah Arendt, by prompting people of integrity to resign. That creates more openings for loyalists, which makes orgs worse, prompting remaining good people to leave. Hollowed out institutions easier to take over.