<?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[Democracy & Disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Debunking conspiracy theories, critiquing misinformation, and exploring the roots of popular propaganda narratives. ]]></description><link>https://democracydisaster.wixsite.com/democracydisaster/all-articles</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:35:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.democracydisaster.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Deconstructing Colonial Myths (or Fuck the Colonial Myths) - Part One: Roads, Railways &#38; Civilization]]></title><description><![CDATA[We continue to hear it – apologies for colonialism, justifications for colonialism, legitimations for colonialism. Fuck it all.     Some – like providing civilization, infrastructure and technology – are contemporary justifications that propagandize colonial history and legitimate the consequences of that history; while others are historic justifications that legitimated colonialism’s brutality in the first place – from funding further Crusades, to narratives about combating Arab slavers in...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/deconstructing-colonial-myths-or-fuck-the-colonial-myths-part-one-roads-railways-civilizatio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e666b35410b45ad9abc932</guid><category><![CDATA[Propaganda Through History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:15:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_8d76eca8f9f14350aab0a538a6c8f14e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Social Media was Weaponized to Divide South Africans – The Tale of Bell Pottinger &#38; The ‘Zuptas’ ]]></title><description><![CDATA[credit: The New Yorker; Illustration by Ben Jones In 2016, through various agents and representatives, scandalized former President Jacob...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/how-social-media-was-weaponized-to-divide-south-africans-the-tale-of-bell-pottinger-the-zuptas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688c96eef2fe41bec41409d9</guid><category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Dark Side of Social Media]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:51:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_fb628c47c27b497086cceeedc69c0a5c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Subscribe to PewdiePie” - How Internet Humour is leveraged to Encourage Fascism &#38; Violence ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2019, Brenton Tarrant - the Christchurch Killer - slaughtered 51 innocents and injured 89 others at two Mosques in Christchurch, New...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/subscribe-to-pewdiepie-how-gaming-humour-is-leveraged-to-encourage-fascism-violence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688938302e3108f38b9b10d8</guid><category><![CDATA[The Dark Side of Social Media]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:47:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_beec040fa95e4d929e2865c87687edc7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_706,h_345,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“DEUS VULT”:  Pete Hegseth’s Problematic Tattoos &#38; the Fetishization of The Crusades ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hegseth's official US gov portrait; image credit: Wikipedia Pete Hegseth – the United States’ Secretary of Defense – a man in a key...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/deus-vult-pete-hegseth-s-problematic-tattoos-the-fetishization-of-the-crusades</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6873f05849b18336a601d049</guid><category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_c7bcf4c509e64923b9624b9baf5e8373~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_499,h_375,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Camp of the Saints: Part Two - A History of Violence]]></title><description><![CDATA[History Rewritten   Continuing with our analysis, this second part focuses on historic revisionism, the celebration and fetishization of...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/the-camp-of-the-saints-part-two-a-history-of-violence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686c1c34dfa7c8048cb1e714</guid><category><![CDATA[Racism & Supremacy]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:18:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_129880cda0e247d188e4d6e930749efa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_684,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Camp of the Saints:  The Most Racist Book of Recent History - Part One]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison.    And will go out to deceive the nations which are in...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/the-camp-of-the-saints-the-most-racist-book-of-recent-history-part-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686bb2666e4eab8118feba81</guid><category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Racism & Supremacy]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_7beab74c058045049acc7544ae50d8e7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_286,h_475,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gamergate: Gaming, The Culture War, &#38; The Rise of the Alt-Right ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the mid-2010s, an online movement known as Gamergate  was formed which would alter the gaming industry forever,...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/gamergate-gaming-the-culture-war-the-rise-of-the-alt-right</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67dd784d6800077ef7e7bd4e</guid><category><![CDATA[Racism & Supremacy]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:10:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_84269b80f9e4406c91cceab43a731b75~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eurabia Part Two: The Counter Jihad &#38; the Influences of Eurabia]]></title><description><![CDATA[(This paper is the second part of an exploration of Eurabia; an anti-Muslim conspiracy theory. For Part One, please click here .) Bat...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/eurabia-part-two-the-counter-jihad-the-influences-of-eurabia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bc5a6ffdd5bd9cb1a6172f</guid><category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:23:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_5f06eaae7f27417c886ba6463b2593eb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eurabia: The Founding Myth of Contemporary Islamophobia - Part One]]></title><description><![CDATA[Islamophobic conspiracy theories are as old as the faith itself; with such theories becoming popular through historical periods like the...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/eurabia-the-founding-myth-of-contemporary-islamophobia-part-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bb4beebb65c92eab0e6fe7</guid><category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:23:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_e973ff0ded1e468d8793f98d526c58f4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_400,h_528,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conspiracy vs Conspiracy Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[This paper is part of a series exploring the nature of conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking, in order to elucidate a model for...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/conspiracy-vs-conspiracy-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b1cc654d05dd00b245339d</guid><category><![CDATA[Sciences of Propaganda]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_db032fdf94444361b343e49103ab655d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roland Barthes: Part Two - Myth &#38; Meaning in the Era of the Internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New 'Myth Today' (This paper is part of our series on Structuralism and Post Structuralism, click here  to be redirected to the first...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/roland-barthes-part-two-myth-meaning-in-the-era-of-the-internet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ae2cf6e8fe82c6eba4c340</guid><category><![CDATA[Sciences of Propaganda]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:05:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_69cc54fdd9314ade914ef3ea93a7c502~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_542,h_361,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mythologies &#38; Conspiracies: The Work of Roland Barthes - Part One ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Myth and Mythology Conspiracy theories have come to play a central role in political discourse in recent years, driving decisive...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/mythologies-conspiracies-the-work-of-roland-barthes-part-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ae0e337667bda10f7280d4</guid><category><![CDATA[Sciences of Propaganda]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:23:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_591f5951aee2433eb010cd20254d56c8~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_820,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galileo’s Gambit:  PragerU’s Anti-Science for Kids ]]></title><description><![CDATA[PragerU is a conservative right-wing American media and education company that uses a largely online based model for its courses and...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/galileo-s-gambit-prageru-s-anti-science-for-kids</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a153071b4ccb5a37c50f0e</guid><category><![CDATA[The Dark Side of Social Media]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:37:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_5fc387f332d84856b1e37e53a2ce1ccf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump &#38; Conservative America’s Love Story with South African Land ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the past few weeks, the South African government has signed into law the Land Expropriation Act; intending to govern the process of...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/donald-trump-conservative-america-s-love-story-with-south-african-land</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a14c231b4ccb5a37c4f6a4</guid><category><![CDATA[Racism & Supremacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:35:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_158446a6a6764f0ebbc9d0e94e1f2314~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_591,h_331,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Structuralism &#38; The Sciences of Language ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent years, members of the ‘intellectual dark web’ (a loose collection of academics, influencers and thought-leaders who promote...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/an-introduction-to-structuralism-the-sciences-of-language</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679ba0dfaf5a9073dc01bdd3</guid><category><![CDATA[Sciences of Propaganda]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:05:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_fe884d1b9ad04ffb91baaa8f059e2b27~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_597,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ritual Murder &#38; The Blood Libel - Part One: From Rome to the Late-Middle-Ages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our work is committed to exploring and challenging propaganda, misinformation and popular conspiracy theories. Much of the popular...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/ritual-murder-the-blood-libel-part-one-from-rome-to-the-late-middle-ages</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679a8f3b004b6147939c3f31</guid><category><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:49:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_2a062e97c08d435ca922787878ca2cba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logical Fallacies &#38; The Persuasive Tactics of Bad-Faith Arguments]]></title><description><![CDATA[The intention for this site was not only to blog my thoughts on political developments relating to misinformation and dangerous...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/towards-a-clearer-understanding-of-today-s-media-landscape-part-one-understanding-logical-fallacie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67937a450349aad24443f166</guid><category><![CDATA[Sciences of Propaganda]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:50:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_fbadf8f40dfd4ee087d8dd2c0e5145d3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk's Great Replacement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon   Musk’s purchase of Twitter – and subsequent rebranding to X – has become a watershed moment marking the transitioning of his...]]></description><link>https://www.democracydisaster.com/post/elon-musk-s-great-replacement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67916d24b64e0286f4341fb1</guid><category><![CDATA[Racism & Supremacy]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:37:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc866a_41acf6caa96941c98608de4571e4122d~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ahmad J</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>