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> Peter Baker, the New York Times White House correspondent, compared the current moment to his time at Russia at the beginning of the Putin era: > By the t
by mentalgear 2y ago
> Peter Baker, the New York Times White House correspondent, compared the current moment to his time at Russia at the beginning of the Putin era:
> By the time we left in late 2004, Moscow had been transformed. People who had happily talked with us at the start were now afraid to return our calls. “Now I have this fear all the time,” one told us at the time. There is a similar chill now in Washington. Every day someone who used to feel free to speak publicly against Mr. Trump says they will no longer let journalists quote them by name for fear of repercussions, both Democrats and Republicans
- suraci 2y agoI'm very curious about why americans always use examples from China and Russia to describe something shit happening in the USA > Some compared the atmosphere to Maoist China, so great were the chilling effects. i mean, americans have their own history - it's short but it's remarkable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism In China, when something like this happens, some people shout, "Are we going back to the Cultural Revolution?!" Why Americans don't talk about McCarthyism? "Are we going back to the McCarthyism???" Nobody ever said this
- rco8786 2y agoI see comparisons to the red scare/communism/mccarthyism all the time, personally. In addition to the other comparisons you mention.