Rare colored footage taken right near and directly after the end of WWII.
"The #Americans had precise ideas on how the Germans were to organize their future. The US occupying forces came with well-prepared plans for the structure of administrative bodies, political parties, and cultural life in this new #freedom, with everything based on the model of Western #democracies. At first many Germans had their doubts about this concept."
Trump’s Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for #Authoritarianism
A leading global #democracy research institute says democratic “backsliding” must be turned around quickly—warning that after 10 years, recovery is “close to impossible.”
For the first time in more than 20 years, by #2025 #DemocracyReport’s estimate, the world now has more #autocracies (91) than #democracies (88), with liberal democracies (29) now least common regime type.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-press-freedom-authoritarianism
https://archive.ph/n35Qh
15.03.2025: #romania is standing up for #europeUnited !
#Europe is the force for the new #freeWorld ! Forget about #putin or #trump - it’s only us: The #european #democracies fighting against #fascism !
#Democracies are getting less. In 2024 the U.S. still had a good #Democracy rating. It 2025 it won't https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-state-of-democracy-around-the-world/
"Deep wisdom of the cosmos:
What is the purpose of the #USA in the world now?"
"Dear demoralized #Left #American:
The job of your country now is to serve as a horrifying and disgusting example to #democracies in the world about what to avoid: the #plutocrat-#bigot #political axis"
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-canada-liberal-party
#politics #trump #democracies #oligarch #gaslighting #alt #ALT4you
Heather Cox Richardson Political Technology manipulation
#UShistory #USpol #Fascism
#TrumpCoup
(1/n)
I cannot think of a coup in the history of #democracies that has ever been so openly discussed before the fact (campaign speeches, #Project2025, etc.,) than the #TrumpCoup by the #TrumpMuskDuumvirate.
The thing to watch, among all over things, is the traditional purge of key military positions, which has been ongoing. For those of them that were shocked, they are not much of a loss for the 
https://www.vox.com/donald-trump/401174/trump-fired-generals
#Intelligence agencies treat commitments to foreign agents as sacrosanct, pledging to keep agents safe & shield their identities. Anything that jeopardized that would violate that trust, & could lead some #spy services to hold back information from the #US.
The #allies, including #Israel, #SaudiArabia & members of the so-called #FiveEyes spy #alliance of #democracies, are examining how to revise current protocols for sharing intelligence taking #Trump’s warm relations w/ #Russia into account.
At the end of the day #DigitalSovreignty is downplayed because people are generally #oppertunists, whether they know it - or not. They'll demoralize and denigrate people from a gutteral level.
I'm not saying I'm exempt "by default". We're all human. But ridding ourselves of #material concerns when dealing with public infrastructure is paramount to our interests as #democracies, believers in #humanrights and the #decentralizationprinciple.
After the horrific & shameful #trumpvance Oval Office blow up yesterday (Feb 28th/2025) with #Zelenskyy dozens of world #democracies stood with #Ukraine!!! #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ZelenskyyWarHero 
"Bad thing in another country horrifies, driving support for the opposite at home"
I think it helped in #Germany
I think it will help in #Canada
So the fate of the #USA is to be an example of what poor #gunControl, no #universalHealthcare, and what an unchecked #plutocrat-#bigot #political axis does to a motherfucker:
Sane observant #citizens in other #democracies can avoid our fate
"Anti-#Trump sentiment drives dramatic upturn in fortunes for Canada’s #Liberals"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/canada-liberal-party-poll
687 #ClimateSolution #BatterySwapping
Looks great....
BUT
cooperation instead of competition ?
Not something Western #Democracies and/or #Capitalism excells at.
So sad.
And as usual with this channel: loads of reference links in 'the-discription-down-below. ###
"Battery swapping just got a major turbo boost!" [12:09 min]
by Just Have a Think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8uUGax8_jk
Quote by JHaT:
"Feb 2, 2025
Battery swapping is all the rage over in China and other parts of Southeast Asia - mostly for the hundreds of millions of electric scooters in that part of the world, but increasingly also now for electrically powered cars and trucks. Now the world's largest battery maker has waded in with a game changing initiative. And the Chinese behemoths are targeting Europe and the US too."
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
Toward more level electoral campaigns
While other #democracies have introduced caps and #transparency rules, _South Australia_ has gone further, eliminating the financial ties between donors and politicians altogether.
https://thepostsa.au/in-the-media/2025/01/24/why-money-doesnt-play-in-politics/
The TL;DR version
<quote>
- Donation ban:
All donations to political parties, MPs, and candidates are banned.
...
-Public funding:
Instead, campaigns and party operations will be funded through public money, distributed based on election performance.
...
-Spending caps:
Strict limits on campaign spending ensure no candidate or party can dominate elections through excessive spending.
...
-Penalties:
Severe consequences await those who try to bypass the law, including fines up to $50,000 and prison sentences of up to 10 years.
-Transparency for third parties:
Lobby groups and unions must disclose funding and use separate accounts for political activities, ensuring transparency across the board.
</quote>
#SAgovau #Elections #Auspol
→ Zuckerberg's free speech pivot will abet Southeast Asia's authoritarians
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Zuckerberg-s-free-speech-pivot-will-abet-Southeast-Asia-s-authoritarians
“Autocracies worldwide are not just learning from one another but actively collaborating to tighten their grip on the #digital sphere. #Meta's double standard -- resisting regulation in #democracies while bowing to #authoritarian demands to protect its #market dominance -- risks becoming the blueprint for a darker, more repressive digital #future.”
"Scholars looking to explain the rise of #authoritarian #populism in liberal #democracies over the last half century frequently invoke economic insecurity and cultural conflict, but the role of actual #violence is largely overlooked."
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/terrorism-and-voting-rise-right-wing-populism-germany
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iqiz0KHuJo
How #Billionaires Took Over the World
with #GeorgeMonbiot
The transformation of '#democracies' into #oilgarchies (if WE don't stop them!)
#ClassWar #Capitalism #CapitalismAndGovernment #BillionairesShouldntExist #BillionairesSUCK #CapitalismAndFascism #WealthInequality #farright #extrêmedroite #oligarchy #fascism
"#FreeSpeech" #NATO #NationalSecurity #EuropeanUnion #Elections2025
It is 5 minutes to midnight to #ShutUpMusk and #ElonMusk's dangerous meddling in Western #democracies.
#X must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The sooner it is blocked, at least in Europe, the better.
It has become a platform for right-wing extremists and #Russian propaganda in the Kremlin's #HybridWarfare against #NATO.
https://flipboard.com/@axiosnews/world-8egbm08bz/-/a-ucg8Q8hzTVmM0Fh1iwpNiw%3Aa%3A2150299410-%2F0
The Persistence of Totalitarian Manipulation Techniques: From Mussolini to Today
It's a trend for bourgeois #democracies to criminalize #antifa action. #nederlands of course is not an exception. https://frontrange.co/@ajnewsbot/113707906612249551
