kenshoac.bsky.social
👤 Joined on 02 March 2025
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@kenshoac.bsky.socialI'm a foreign national on a visa myself. Far down the list of targets for the Trumpists, obviously, as a straight white cis man. But as I speak publicly about the regime, and my wife's job involves a lot of international travel, as a family, we must now ask ourselves every day: Is this tenable?
Show Post“Society’s understanding of mental health issues locates the problem inside the person – and ignores the politics of their distress.” Bravo Sanah Ahsan #mentalhealth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/06/psychologist-devastating-lies-mental-health-problems-politics
Show PostWe need to trust our eyes. Nazi salutes, racist purges, an ambush on the Ukrainian president by a far-right regime. If what we see aligns with what we know and is also in line with an established track record, our default assumption should be that what is happening is actually what it looks like.
Show PostMAGA is about “restoring” former national glory by pursuing an imperial project of hemispheric dominance and aggressive displays of “alpha-male” aggression towards the “weak” – combined with submissive pandering to foreign autocrats as allies in the struggle against “liberalism.”
Show PostThe Trumpists mean it. We need to reject their abusive logic (“Zelensky brought it all on himself”) as much as the idea that we can somehow ride out the next four (or more) years by “smart” diplomacy, just like during the first Trump presidency. This time, the threat is fundamentally different.
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