Jamie and the more · @barauna94
11 followers · 83 posts · Server mstdn.social
Jamie and the more · @barauna94
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Laloofah 🌱 · @Laloofah
114 followers · 830 posts · Server mstdn.social

:
“As strongmen like Trump seduce political elites, promising them more power than they ever dreamed possible, they also corrupt them. Accepting the leader's lies & violence ties them to him, making them partners in his crimes & thus vulnerable to being exposed… in saving him, they think they are saving themselves.”
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/

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Last updated 1 year ago

"Trump Indictment: Scholar of Fascism, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Says "GOP Has Become an "Autocratic Party" Led by "Cult Leader"" via YouTube

youtu.be/2Enl8UtT06g

#RuthBenGhiat #USpol #trumpindictment #cultleader #democracynow #mustsee

Last updated 1 year ago

Laloofah 🌱 · @Laloofah
111 followers · 779 posts · Server mstdn.social

“Propping up his personality cult and indoctrinating Americans to hatred are the real functions of campaign events, not promoting policies.”
@ruthbenghiat

open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/

#authoritarianism #RuthBenGhiat

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Laloofah 🌱 · @Laloofah
107 followers · 675 posts · Server mstdn.social
Laloofah 🌱 · @Laloofah
105 followers · 560 posts · Server mstdn.social

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“Propaganda is never just words, and it goes beyond lying. It is a system of organizing belief so people come to see the world in ways that benefit the leader and his party. Understanding how propaganda works is crucial to exposing Republican maneuvers to protect Trump and their own reputations in the weeks and months to come.”
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/

#RuthBenGhiat

Last updated 2 years ago

MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
605 followers · 13715 posts · Server todon.eu
MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
605 followers · 13713 posts · Server todon.eu



author of talks to
explaining some of why people fall for this authoritarian rubbish

#authoritarianplaybook #farrightloonies #KnowYourEnemy #RuthBenGhiat #strongman #msnbc

Last updated 2 years ago

Victor Jara (Tribute) · @poetapeligroso
91 followers · 272 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountability while robbing their people of resources and corroding or destroying democracy. Their mutual-admiration club also draws on models from the past. Vladimir
rehabilitates Soviet tyrant Joseph , Donald praises Libyan despot Muammar , Jair ..

goodreads.com/book/show/535977

#putin #RuthBenGhiat #stalin #trump #gaddafi #Bolsonaro

Last updated 2 years ago

Antisapien · @Antisapien
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MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
354 followers · 11186 posts · Server todon.eu
MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
356 followers · 11188 posts · Server todon.eu


No amount of dead children will ever make Republicans regulate guns because they know that mass death primes us for . My @washingtonpost essay: t.co/d0LAAAqkwu

#RuthBenGhiat #authoritarianism

Last updated 3 years ago

MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
356 followers · 11194 posts · Server todon.eu

: Tucker Carlson is one of the most dangerous people alive right now.”

Authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat and author of “Strongmen: Mussolini To The Present” warned on SiriusXM radio’s The Dean Obeidallah show that with an atta...

youtube.com/watch?v=9zPJrK253S

#DeanObeidallahShow #RuthBenGhiat

Last updated 3 years ago

MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
357 followers · 11195 posts · Server todon.eu

From
This is...a perfect example of how grow fearful of those around them, esp. if they secretly fear they have made a mistake. is behaving in classic beleaguered fashion. See my endings chapter for how that works out for them.

#RuthBenGhiat #strongmen #putin #autocrat

Last updated 3 years ago

MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
357 followers · 11195 posts · Server todon.eu

a month ago

Trump Victim Act Follows Playbook Drawing In Fanatical Supporters

, professor of at NYU and author of "Strongmen," talks about right-wing assault on democracy in the United States and familiar patterns...

youtube.com/watch?v=9OYUTLvoR-

#authoritarian #RuthBenGhiat #history

Last updated 3 years ago

MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
357 followers · 11195 posts · Server todon.eu

posted

“I follow my instincts, and I am never wrong" --Mussolini. My new @MSNBC piece on how arrogance, greed, and isolation lead like into risky endeavors that can lead to their fall. t.co/I3l7sKsGNV

#strongmen #RuthBenGhiat #putin

Last updated 3 years ago