<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:20:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/authoritarian/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[King's Cross - 45th month of persecution by CCP, LT &UK ]]></title><description><![CDATA[44th month of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom, counting only from the application for asylum. It’s obvious I am suffering crimes committed by authorities.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@lochard/king-s-cross-45th-month</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@lochard/king-s-cross-45th-month</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110786]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lochard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:25:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgtGQKeTeQ5JMBsn2Ut8rLYxjCfDu89Awue8AyiGZRWKbPhQFr9BmwWJm69aEYciL4GQBWmKhzz36VzJb73brNdkiXkNh3LK8ZLQMcCCE9zUyg3Tr5Rb55Ka45kGqs5C6rbNTsMnHcdzkrFafUA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines The Political Economy of Authoritarianism #2/163]]></title><description><![CDATA[display: block; font-size: 1em; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; margin: 0 5pt; } .calibre1 { display: block; height: 0; visibility: hidden; width: 0; } display: block; line-height: 1.2; text-align:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nationalism/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-2-163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nationalism/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-2-163</guid><category><![CDATA[nationalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corruptions]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:36:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kirk's funeral revealed a lot ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems like we are going to argue over the assassination of Kirk for years to come. It’s hard for me to bite my tongue, I have to admit. And listen, I’m not trying to fight people, mostly because I know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/kirks-funeral-revealed-a-lot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/kirks-funeral-revealed-a-lot</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:49:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPeqsBDeyoNhPxDchzquU5qSqWYT5H2vmLycvQhXn6qieTYm2nCLBQkP787edJ2HtXWy1CPYJdNdFQgfzPB6hvBGWSZDKvM5VKkfMdNvEAp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s funny until the Constitution stops working]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s this idea that authoritarian regimes happen all at once, in some grand display of military force. Suddenly, the Capitol building is surrounded by tanks, fighter jets scream overhead, and pilots]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/its-funny-until-the-constitution-stops-working</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/its-funny-until-the-constitution-stops-working</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:29:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3ba2VJAE1ZhN2oVhekeqoshg9DUnSyUd2Cnt4YtUMpZp3sQXUjXe4t6HnPSutpDs5eVcDuQP34nj36GGNXo6takTSGyWDp9u4HEeksw5mstasz1sjrt6CFHeYzFQ5KtFcZYhnqszjGEBiTcdmeq9G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slow Cooking a toad - How Authoritarianism creeps in]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the risk of getting my last youtube account deleted, I've been uploading unlisted content on there lately. So, the only way for anyone to find these videos is through this blog of mine. That being said,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/slow-cooking-a-toad-how-authoritarianism-creeps-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/slow-cooking-a-toad-how-authoritarianism-creeps-in</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:00:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dtEjN5zNdra4TZcUEYnVazJAbDbXfq6Xwdg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption - no free speech]  How to Stand Up to a Dictator #1/249]]></title><description><![CDATA[Foreword When you think of a superhero, you may not imagine a five-foot-two-inch woman with a pen in her hand. But today, journalists operating in authoritarian countries need superpowers. They face daily]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/autocracies/@freespeaches/philippine-corruption-no-free-speech-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-1-249-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/autocracies/@freespeaches/philippine-corruption-no-free-speech-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-1-249-1</guid><category><![CDATA[autocracies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freespeaches]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yay for freespeech!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm having a hard time taking Trump's administration seriously. They might say things that sound good, feel good, but sometimes their actions show they actually believe the opposite. Exhibit a: Define]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/yay-for-freespeech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/yay-for-freespeech</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:53:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1Vtz2gU6rdhgopYE6qR2rEBaVHovdyTqZCWQjpzCwALNNWvsZjHMoKhAa9JH9dxjfoT73tV24SyfiSSBAA7txV8QrCyroUbuEYD4yCzURXX74J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines The Political Economy of Authoritarianism #2/163]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcos's network of supporters wanted benefits, favors, and protection; in turn, Marcos needed their support, so the interests of Marcos and his supporters converged in order to make an authoritarian regime]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/authoritarians/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-2-163-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/authoritarians/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-2-163-2</guid><category><![CDATA[authoritarians]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corruptions]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 02:54:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the red flags]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm sure there has to be more than one friend who is sick and tired of me pointing out the red flags, but I just can't help it. A real tweet, a real thought Aside from the fact that those who support and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/all-the-red-flags</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/all-the-red-flags</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPeqsBDeyoNiWgbWTanropCrQpWhQnunAVb4YgkbFPoJPL2wQcVaqAMW3593tdGVmR7hmRiouk6KanvVi7L1NhMBj2TsXiPYxFgksRBhFseE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trumps Nasty Authoritarian Take Over And The Horribly Corrupt People For Cabinet Picks]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the information age and the war of disinformation and psychological warfare I'm just trying to get the info out there to keep awareness up This is info gathered on Twitter. Been wanting to post about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@havok777/trumps-nasty-authoritarian-take-over-and-the-horribly-corrupt-people-for-cabinet-picks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@havok777/trumps-nasty-authoritarian-take-over-and-the-horribly-corrupt-people-for-cabinet-picks</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[havok777]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:57:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKdkTRZzhJ3oGEz5ytG6TS4kM3ZLoSn1vCsGUXuMC6sVbPaceD33V9vnTLK7WLnQTXWNwAeKZk5uq8aaxoNfC5XBsav?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Media Scrambles To Edit Articles Concerning Tim Walz Curfew Where Authorities Fired Paint Balls]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mainstream media scrambles to edit articles in an attempt to clarify a viral video showing Tim Walz sending law enforcement to enforce an 8 pm curfew during the George Floyd riots AND Covid. Law]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/timwalz/@buzweaveryoutube/media-scrambles-to-edit-articles-concerning-tim-walz-curfew-where-authorities-fired-paint-balls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/timwalz/@buzweaveryoutube/media-scrambles-to-edit-articles-concerning-tim-walz-curfew-where-authorities-fired-paint-balls</guid><category><![CDATA[timwalz]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[buzweaveryoutube]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:04:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eLm8dmmzFK7QBk8aJGc5derrX6uk8oWjSoQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily Look 6-3-24 (Larry Johnson: View of Ukraine from St. Petersburg)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Larry Johnson: View of Ukraine from St. Petersburg The Judge was heading to meet Johnson after this mornings interview. Instead at a US airport the Judge had his passport taken and was escorted off the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@yuribezmenov/daily-look-6-3-24-larry-johnson-view-of-ukraine-from-st-petersburg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@yuribezmenov/daily-look-6-3-24-larry-johnson-view-of-ukraine-from-st-petersburg</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yuribezmenov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:59:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dvf8CU9qkG2RHXp6btKAk2kLuqdA1nCJssL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political Compass memes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meme dump #6: Political Needling The political compass was created by a left-libertarian and promoted by many right-libertarians in order to get their ideologies taken seriously as distinct from more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/compass/@memedump/political-compass-memes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/compass/@memedump/political-compass-memes</guid><category><![CDATA[compass]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[memedump]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VSNEiyAJGtud6A2BCKTCfBhB9BtmLBbfYBNM8ZfoYrfgtUeeWhrtp7psDG2saYccM59458VDETp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession to the Assassination of President William McKinley]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article comes from this link. Background Until, give or take a few minutes, 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon on September 6, 1901, Leon Frank Czolgosz was nobody. Poor, unemployed, unskilled, maladroit,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/confession-to-the-assassination-of-president-william-mckinley</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/confession-to-the-assassination-of-president-william-mckinley</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-129614]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:09:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgapJX4kC6Jttq7J9259N93c9x685Bh7dDBWDPzphAcbwdQaSwKNxjuMxivSrATmsBKJSyNvDwc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Authoritarian Personality:   Ch1A pt2]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book comes from this link. Today's excerpt begins on page 4. There seems little reason to doubt that ideology-in-readiness (ideological receptivity) and ideology-in-words and in action are essentially]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/the-authoritarian-personality-ch1a-pt2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/the-authoritarian-personality-ch1a-pt2</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-129614]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh8hBGABRc9tFXCqsiXzbqFqrZCSzBYsvgHi3pMTS6VgzTkWSBur7v63hzHDkNzMWNUhrsYzk5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Authoritarian Personality:   Ch1A pt1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book comes from this link. Today's excerpt begins on page 1. A. THE PROBLEM The research to be reported in this volume was guided by the following major hypothesis: that the political, economic, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/the-authoritarian-personality-ch1a-pt1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/the-authoritarian-personality-ch1a-pt1</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-129614]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh8hBGABRc9tFXCqsiXzbqFqrZCSzBYsvgHi3pMTS6VgzTkWSBur7v63hzHDkNzMWNUhrsYzk5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Authoritarian Personality:  Preface ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book comes from this link. Today's excerpt begins on page ix. This is a book about social discrimination. But its purpose is not simply to add a few more empirical findings to an already extensive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/the-authoritarian-personality-preface</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-129614/@antisocialist/the-authoritarian-personality-preface</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-129614]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[antisocialist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh8hBGABRc9tFXCqsiXzbqFqrZCSzBYsvgHi3pMTS6VgzTkWSBur7v63hzHDkNzMWNUhrsYzk5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Freedom Movement: Donald Trump is Not a Friend of Liberty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Originally published at The Last American Vagabond Trump supporters continue to believe the former President is the only defense against rising techno-tyranny even as he makes it abundantly clear he is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@dbroze/dear-freedom-movement-donald-trump-is-not-a-friend-of-liberty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@dbroze/dear-freedom-movement-donald-trump-is-not-a-friend-of-liberty</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dbroze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:40:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh9E1a7DgPXm2ZjR7SKL77n8pUMkZFRvgB8Mv2nJD5VeDMzdEPU7pVLQeZtzDdfnK9AoUVpwzN2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asylum Diary #34]]></title><description><![CDATA[20230421 There are two cats here (that I am aware of). I used to care for the female cat more because she seemed to get less love and was more scared of people. But it seems that the male cats is doing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/asylum/@lochard/asylum-diary-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/asylum/@lochard/asylum-diary-34</guid><category><![CDATA[asylum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lochard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:03:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["I told you" moment: Russians are not fools, they know it too...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Publication date: February 11th, 2023. Source A Russian journalist published the following on one of the pro-government web magazines: "The material is not approved by the editorial team of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@todkrank/i-told-you-moment-russians-are-not-fools-they-know-it-too</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@todkrank/i-told-you-moment-russians-are-not-fools-they-know-it-too</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110786]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[todkrank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2023 21:41:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCctk4QLsTnGtWU3oyjyukcy2RxptMKrtWZ6wTX1zkjEcTuEr9apSVed4ha31UGLsnsu22UN9j5nsYPFHMn9y42aqPnZ7QM32faBvmDqcn2rPWe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>