As Ruth Ben-Ghiat explained, Trump is identical to the “Strongmen” defined by “corruption, violence, propaganda and personality cults.” But something else they all had in common: Their time in power came to an end--often very badly for them. My article https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/authoritarian-expert-ruth-ben-ghiat
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One takeaway for me:
There’s a playbook they all use, incl Trump
De legitimize elections
Cancel them if possible
Hamstring/shut down the press
Lie lie lie til no one knows what the actual truth is
Always have someone else to blame
admit nothing
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Hitler to a T
Yesterday’s show not available as of 2pm Tuesday
Ceausecu and wife ended up in a ditch riddled with bullets.
Milosevic died in his prison cell.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
Good times.