Moshik Temkin
@mtemkin.bsky.social
Artist, cat-lover, and avid reader. Eg.
https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/moshik-temkin/warriors-rebels-and-saints/9781541758476/
https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/moshik-temkin/warriors-rebels-and-saints/9781541758476/
Reposted by Moshik Temkin
Democracy survived the 1930s because of (not despite) authoritarian and populist tactics, argues Moshik Temkin. Procedural restraint alone is never enough to preserve democratic life. Restoring material security and public faith matter, even at the cost of elite consensus and institutional decorum.
When Populism and Authoritarianism Saved Democracy
In the past thirty years, the top 1% in America have added $21 trillion to their wealth, while the bottom 50% has lost $900 billion. We know from history that democracy cannot survive such conditions.
www.muftah.org
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Democracy survived the 1930s because of (not despite) authoritarian and populist tactics, argues Moshik Temkin. Procedural restraint alone is never enough to preserve democratic life. Restoring material security and public faith matter, even at the cost of elite consensus and institutional decorum.
Reposted by Moshik Temkin
New Rhyming Chaos podcast with @mtemkin.bsky.social talking to @mariarepnikova.bsky.social and me, on many things including forgotten heroes like senators Morse and Gruening, lone dissenters against the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Trump is the symptom, not the disease
What we can actually learn from history to make sense of the world and its leaders in 2025, with historian and author Moshik Temkin.
www.rhymingchaos.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
New Rhyming Chaos podcast with @mtemkin.bsky.social talking to @mariarepnikova.bsky.social and me, on many things including forgotten heroes like senators Morse and Gruening, lone dissenters against the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Reposted by Moshik Temkin
My review on Goodreads of "Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X," by @mtemkin.bsky.social.
Moshik Temkin writes beautifully and his prose is very readable. Highly recommended!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Moshik Temkin writes beautifully and his prose is very readable. Highly recommended!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Josie Glausiusz-Kluger’s review of Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machia...
An indelible memory from my early teen years: huge stacks of overflowing black bin bags rising around London. The rat-gnawed heaps were the debris of a refuse collectors’ strike beginning in early 1...
www.goodreads.com
January 21, 2024 at 7:07 AM
My review on Goodreads of "Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X," by @mtemkin.bsky.social.
Moshik Temkin writes beautifully and his prose is very readable. Highly recommended!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Moshik Temkin writes beautifully and his prose is very readable. Highly recommended!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...