#vetocracy
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #vetocracy from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-08-01 14:16 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
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Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-08-01 14:16 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 6 public posts (spanning ~24667 hours).
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Languages: English (6)
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@johnwehrle #vetocracy Often for the otherwise impotent the one way they can achieve any agency is to obstruct others.
@CarlMuckenhoupt Freedom and power to me describe different elements of goal-attainment. Power refers to the active and instrumental element. That is, power is the specific capacity to initiate change. Freedom refers to constraints on power
Vetocracy: I'd been thinking recently (and thought I'd posted) on the notion of a politics of veto emerging where numerous actors of roughly equal strength exist. That is, no one power bloc can make things happen, but numerous single partie
What “vetocracy” means
WikipediaA vetocracy is a dysfunctional system of governance whereby no single entity can acquire enough power to make decisions and take effective charge. Coined by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama, the term points to an excessive ability or willingness to use the veto power within a government or institution, without an adequate means of any override. Such limitations may point to a lack of trust among members or hesitance to cede sovereignty. More veto points typically make it more diffic
“Vetocracy” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#vetocracy across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #vetocracy straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
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