Around the world, very much including the Western world, real power is measured by the ability to silence criticism.
The highest reaches of power are measured by the ability to force people to speak in politically-approved ways.
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Watch the entire discussion if you have the time to do so. But if not, please make sure to watch Edhem Eldem summarizing ~150 years of democracy in Turkey in 6 minutes (starting on 57'). And if you can't watch it, fear not; I've transcribed it for you (as public service). Thread:
"Let me start by saying that I am a historian, I see dead people. But more seriously, I am constantly torn between the temptation to see patterns developing over time, and the fear of hasty generalizations and anachronistic comparisons. 1/n
"Nevertheless, the present situation forces me to explore the possible historical dimensions of the problem we're facing today. 2/n
"(...)I intend to go further back in time and widen the angle in order to focus on the confusion I believe exists between the notions of 'state', 'government', and 'public institutions' in Turkey. 3/n
"In the summer of 1876, that's a historical quote, as Midhat Pasa was trying to draft a constitution, Edhem Pasa wrote to Saffet Pasa, and I quote in Turkish, 'Bize Konstitusyon degil enstitusyon lazim' ('It is not a constitution we need but institutions'). 4/n
https://t.co/1GtPJaxi1H - Ka\xe7\u0131rmay\u0131n bu muhte\u015fem Bo\u011fazi\xe7i hocalar\u0131 ge\xe7idini !
— dilek cinar (@dlkcinar) February 16, 2021
"Let me start by saying that I am a historian, I see dead people. But more seriously, I am constantly torn between the temptation to see patterns developing over time, and the fear of hasty generalizations and anachronistic comparisons. 1/n
"Nevertheless, the present situation forces me to explore the possible historical dimensions of the problem we're facing today. 2/n
"(...)I intend to go further back in time and widen the angle in order to focus on the confusion I believe exists between the notions of 'state', 'government', and 'public institutions' in Turkey. 3/n
"In the summer of 1876, that's a historical quote, as Midhat Pasa was trying to draft a constitution, Edhem Pasa wrote to Saffet Pasa, and I quote in Turkish, 'Bize Konstitusyon degil enstitusyon lazim' ('It is not a constitution we need but institutions'). 4/n
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The Bolshevik Revolution was Jewish, 6/8 Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev were Jewish AND all three Presidents since the (fake) fall of the Soviet Union are Jewish
Lenin✡️
Stalin✡️
Khrushchev✡️
Brezhnev✡️
Andropov✡️
Gorbachev✡️
~
Yeltsin✡️
Medvedev✡️
Putin✡️
First Soviet government mostly Jewish:
Funded by International Jewish bankers;
https://t.co/qdmhsmSRFz
Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams on Bolshevik revolution:
“In the Soviet Republic, all the committees and commissaries were filled with Jews”
https://t.co/iysRhViRe3
Lenin:
"Russian-Jewish newspaper Yevreyskaya Tribuna , 22nd August, 1922 - Lenin asked the rabbis if they were satisfied with the particularly cruel executions."
https://t.co/vWoUqvmXc4
Stalin:
B’nai Brith report - Stalin is Jewish (pg 35)
https://t.co/Km9UClfrRt
Stalin's Jewish mother (Jewish Cup Kiddush covered with a shroud - on the grave of Stalin's mother) https://t.co/XXAkeC6wID
Soviet Analyst, Volume 31, Issues 1-7
https://t.co/ycZG4XshNC
Khrushchev:
Nikita Salomon PEARLMUTTER. (img 1) https://t.co/aVLCetMf3w
Another source for Pearlmutter (img2)
https://t.co/m6JzRrD1BJ
"Khrushchev, also, promptly added that the Soviet Government is based today on Jewish leadership"
https://t.co/4lg7XZJON8
The Bolshevik Revolution was Jewish, 6/8 Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev were Jewish AND all three Presidents since the (fake) fall of the Soviet Union are Jewish
Lenin✡️
Stalin✡️
Khrushchev✡️
Brezhnev✡️
Andropov✡️
Gorbachev✡️
~
Yeltsin✡️
Medvedev✡️
Putin✡️

First Soviet government mostly Jewish:
Funded by International Jewish bankers;
https://t.co/qdmhsmSRFz
Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams on Bolshevik revolution:
“In the Soviet Republic, all the committees and commissaries were filled with Jews”
https://t.co/iysRhViRe3

Lenin:
"Russian-Jewish newspaper Yevreyskaya Tribuna , 22nd August, 1922 - Lenin asked the rabbis if they were satisfied with the particularly cruel executions."
https://t.co/vWoUqvmXc4

Stalin:
B’nai Brith report - Stalin is Jewish (pg 35)
https://t.co/Km9UClfrRt
Stalin's Jewish mother (Jewish Cup Kiddush covered with a shroud - on the grave of Stalin's mother) https://t.co/XXAkeC6wID
Soviet Analyst, Volume 31, Issues 1-7
https://t.co/ycZG4XshNC

Khrushchev:
Nikita Salomon PEARLMUTTER. (img 1) https://t.co/aVLCetMf3w
Another source for Pearlmutter (img2)
https://t.co/m6JzRrD1BJ
"Khrushchev, also, promptly added that the Soviet Government is based today on Jewish leadership"
https://t.co/4lg7XZJON8
