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Bytes Europe<p>Disillusionment With 60/40 Portfolio Will Lead To More Bitcoin And Crypto In Portfolios: Bitwise CEO <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/994456/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/994456/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> #60/40Portfolio <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AlternativeInvestments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeInvestments</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bitwise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitwise</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CryptoCurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoCurrency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HunterHorsley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HunterHorsley</span></a></p>
Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱<p>I am driven by my emotions.</p><p>"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."</p><p>"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".</p><p><a href="https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/another-country" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aurelien2022.substack.com/p/an</span><span class="invisible">other-country</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/socialpsych" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>socialpsych</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ukraine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ukraine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/disgust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disgust</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/traitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traitors</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/personalSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalSafety</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/feelings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feelings</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/emotions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emotions</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/indignation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indignation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/moralBeauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moralBeauty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/beauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beauty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/principles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>principles</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/morals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morals</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rationality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rationality</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/beliefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beliefs</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWars</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/lawAndOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawAndOrder</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ruleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/internationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CambridgeSpies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeSpies</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/spies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spies</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Stalin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stalin</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/personalityCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalityCult</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/hagiography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hagiography</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ruthlessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruthlessness</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/proZionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proZionism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WeStandWithIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeStandWithIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StandWithIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/masculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masculinity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/longRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longRead</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
WillR_LDN<p>As more people become disenchanted with their government and disillusioned with the identities they've been shoved into, this song will become even more relevant.</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wh7d-g_uVMg&amp;pp=ygUQaW5uZXIgZW1pZ3JhdGlvbg%3D%3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=wh7d-g_u</span><span class="invisible">VMg&amp;pp=ygUQaW5uZXIgZW1pZ3JhdGlvbg%3D%3D</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/danielkahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>danielkahn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/inneremigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inneremigration</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bundism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bundism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zionism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disenchantment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disenchantment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/escape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>escape</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/emigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emigration</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/exodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exodus</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>7. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disillusionment</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burnout</span></a><br>"Watching the emperor wear no clothes."<br>"The dot-com bubble bursting again."<br>"Losing the idealism that more tech will transform the world for the better."<br>"Being in a crucible."</p><p>8. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Creativity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ProblemSolving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProblemSolving</span></a><br>"Building a plane while flying it."<br>"Discovering a new continent."<br>"Fixing a sinking boat while other fixers are leaving it."<br>"Finding your way out of the jungle."<br>"Designing the tread on the boot that'll be stamping on my face forever."</p><p>4/6</p>
Srijit Kumar Bhadra<p></p><blockquote><b>There Will Come Soft Rains</b><span><br><br>There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,<br>And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;<br><br>And frogs in the pools singing at night,<br>And wild plum trees in tremulous white,<br><br>Robins will wear their feathery fire<br>Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;<br><br>And not one will know of the war, not one<br>Will care at last when it is done.<br><br>Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree<br>If mankind perished utterly;<br><br>And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,<br>Would scarcely know that we were gone.</span></blockquote>~<a href="https://poets.org/poet/sara-teasdale" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sara Teasdale</a><span><br><br>Reference: </span><a href="https://poets.org/poem/there-will-come-soft-rains" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://poets.org/poem/there-will-come-soft-rains</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://shonk.social/tags/Poem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poem</a> <a href="https://shonk.social/tags/human" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#human</a> <a href="https://shonk.social/tags/Humanity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humanity</a> <a href="https://shonk.social/tags/Nature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://shonk.social/tags/Disillusionment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disillusionment</a><p></p>
ReallyCanadianFly<p>I don't think it's just GenZ. It seems like everyone who hasn't managed to find someone on them, hates them. Maybe it's a reflection of who's available in society? </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dating</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/datingapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datingapps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenZ</span></a></p><p>Gen Z Is Leaving Dating Apps Behind | WIRED <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/end-of-dating-apps/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/end-of-dating-</span><span class="invisible">apps/</span></a></p>
C.<p>I know that there are no Canadian parties that even come close to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/representing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representing</span></a> my <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/views" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>views</span></a>. Perhaps you feel the same, and think that makes you a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/freak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freak</span></a>, or so far away from the median that you can't reveal your actual views.</p><p>You're not a freak. 96% of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> has no Canadian party representing it at all.</p><p>I think this is why so many people - a large <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/majority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>majority</span></a>, I think - suffer from <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> in <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>.</p><p>12/x</p>
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheMetalDogArticleList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheMetalDogArticleList</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalSucks</span></a><br>Devin Townsend Talks Music Industry Disillusionment: The Illusion Was Shattered So Quickly<br>"I had always perceived the nature of music to be rooted in something beyond people, divine in a way."</p><p><a href="https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/08/22/devin-townsend-talks-music-industry-disillusionment-the-illusion-was-shattered-so-quickly/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metalsucks.net/2023/08/22/devi</span><span class="invisible">n-townsend-talks-music-industry-disillusionment-the-illusion-was-shattered-so-quickly/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devinTownsend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devinTownsend</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musicIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shattered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shattered</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artistPerspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artistPerspective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communityConnection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communityConnection</span></a></p>
Poetry News<p>Oh North Korea, hear tales of a man<br>Who seeks refuge from the American plan<br>A soldier whose eyes are now open wide<br>Realizing he must seek a place to hide<br>He seeks peace and a place to call his own<br>In your country he hopes to call home</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/northkorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northkorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ussoldier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ussoldier</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/refuge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refuge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-us-soldier-seeks-refuge-after-becoming/story?id=102302162" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/International/n</span><span class="invisible">orth-korea-us-soldier-seeks-refuge-after-becoming/story?id=102302162</span></a></p>
Sneeze7x<p>We're re-watching the older <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarWars</span></a> movies and just finished II: Attack of the Clones. While even as a teenager I realized that the Empire was clearly fascist and modeled after some combination of Rome and the Nazis (among others, perhaps), I'd never realized how horrible the younger <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Kenobi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kenobi</span></a> was and what a <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> the <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Jedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jedi</span></a> were -</p><p>"You can love only us - no family connections, no looking out for anyone not in our elite club, no feeling anything we don't teach you to feel - and if you show any individuality, we will belittle and chide you until you have no choice but to go apostate."</p><p>Seriously, I was rooting for Anakin by halfway through the film. </p><p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a></p>
Mrinappropriate<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://musicians.today/@calebisaacofficial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>calebisaacofficial</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://oliphant.social/@oliphant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>oliphant</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> is just as corrupt, if not more so. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A shadow of growing despotism lurks over Turkey’s elections</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a>'s sagging popularity ahead of Turkey’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/May" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>May</span></a> 14 <a href="https://c.im/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> attests to many Turks’ <a href="https://c.im/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> with the highly <a href="https://c.im/tags/personalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalized</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> Mr. Erdogan has constructed, built on <a href="https://c.im/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a>, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/subjugation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjugation</span></a> of dissenting views and once-independent institutions, and a deepening <a href="https://c.im/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a> for human rights and democratic norms. </p><p>Mr. Erdogan’s colossal <a href="https://c.im/tags/mismanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mismanagement</span></a> of Turkey’s economy, one of the world’s 20 biggest, has eroded living standards, decimated the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkish</span></a> lira’s value and sent <a href="https://c.im/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> soaring. </p><p>Little wonder so many Turks are angry; his opponent, a colorless former bureaucrat, leads in the polls.
<br>The elections are also a test of the capacity of democratic elections to throw off the yoke of his increasingly one-man rule in a country of 85 million people. </p><p>The stakes could hardly be higher, first and foremost for Turks themselves, who might justifiably worry that <a href="https://c.im/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> would yield to dictatorship if Mr. Erdogan won another term, but also for Washington and its European allies</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/turkey-election-erdogan-authoritarianism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">23/05/04/turkey-election-erdogan-authoritarianism/</span></a></p>
Poetry News<p>Investigation deep<br>Distrust it did sow and keep<br>Supreme Court inquiry</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/abortionopinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionopinion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/disillusionment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disillusionment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/supreme-court-investigation.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/supr</span><span class="invisible">eme-court-investigation.html</span></a></p>
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