Greece's new minister of interior, former far-right activist Makis Voridis. Not "allegedly" and without a hint of exaggeration.

His past is wikipedia-level stuff
Voridis was violently anti-Semitic amongst other things
He is closely connected to the French Front Nationale, but in 2017 he tried to distance himself from them. BY CLAIMING THEY ARE ACTUALLY SOCIALISTS
To paraphrase Phillip K. Dick: the Golden Dawn lost, but the Nazis won
It's not even an isolated incident. More from my colleague here https://t.co/lOHGPSVgWC
That there are still people calling this administration "liberal" is truly beyond the pale
I wrote about all this here https://t.co/1If095HxBs
This piece by @dpatrikarakos also captures these tendencies very well https://t.co/5NmynknbsJ
This is what @haaretzcom wrote about Makis Voridis back in 2014 https://t.co/D6tgygtq0C
I hope people still following this fucking joke of an account feel a bit of shame

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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

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