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David Eastman

@davideastman

An Eastern European libertarian sharing thoughts on politics and other aspects of life.

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David Eastman
@davideastman Jun 21, 2025, 12:08 PM UTC

64.9% of Iranians Want to Remove the Emblem of Allah from the Flag of Iran

According to the survey Iranians’ attitudes toward political systems, 46.2% of Iranians want to bring back the Shah-era Iranian flag with the lion in the center. Another 18.7% prefer the three-colore…

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David Eastman
@davideastman Jun 20, 2025, 7:23 PM UTC

Is a Revolution Against the Islamic Republic Possible in Iran?

I watched an interview with Iranian blogger Maziar Mian, who believes that the war may lead to the fall of the Islamic Republic and the rise to power of the democratic opposition. He suggests that th…

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David Eastman
@davideastman Jun 9, 2025, 11:33 AM UTC

Corruption watchdog clears Javier Milei over LIBRA crypto scandal

This is a cross post of @justmythoughts/corruption-watchdog-clears-javier-milei by @davideastman.A libertarian in words and in deeds?

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David Eastman
@davideastman Jun 8, 2025, 11:37 AM UTC

Libertarians On: Social Welfare

This is a cross post of @ancapelijah/dsvoxnvm by @davideastman.Libertarians support all sorts of solutions to social issues, except those that involve coercion

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David Eastman
@davideastman Jun 8, 2025, 11:17 AM UTC

Libertarians On: Bigotry and Woke-ism

This is a cross post of @ancapelijah/libertarians-on-bigotry-and-woke-ism by @davideastman.Libertarians tend to dislike both 'bigotry' and 'woke-ism,' since both are based on judging people as collec…

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David Eastman
@davideastman May 28, 2025, 6:56 AM UTC

Climate Scientists Are Less Trusted Than Scientists in General, Global Study Finds

A new global study of nearly 70,000 people in 68 countries reveals that climate scientists are generally trusted less than scientists overall — a difference known as the “trust gap.” This gap varied…

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David Eastman
@davideastman May 12, 2025, 3:14 PM UTC

British Report Reveals Alarming Scale of Censorship Through Social Coercion. The Concept of Freedom-Restricting Harassment Introduced

The suppression of free speech does not always come from the state. It sometimes arises through social mechanisms that pressure individuals into silence. In some countries, this form of social coerci…

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David Eastman
@davideastman May 1, 2025, 6:53 AM UTC

Russian War Machine Runs Out of Resources

Russia managed to seize less than 3,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in 2024 - about the size of Luxembourg. The cost was 150,000 Russian soldiers killed, which is 10 times more than loss…

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David Eastman
@davideastman Apr 24, 2025, 3:33 PM UTC

7 Reasons Why Wokeism Is a Dangerous Authoritarian Ideology

## Wokeism Is Anti-Individualist Collectivism emphasizes the group over the individual, and Wokeism falls under this definition as it sorts people into groups based on race, gender, or sexuality, and…

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David Eastman
@davideastman Apr 22, 2025, 7:42 AM UTC

How Libertarian Ideas Helped Build a Free Economy in the Ruins of Post-Soviet Georgia in the 2000s

I recently read an insightful book, Why Georgia Has Succeeded, by Larisa Burakova, which explores the reforms Georgia undertook in the 2000s. A central figure in this process was the libertarian Kakh…

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