Ruth Ben-Ghiat
@ruthbenghiat
Fascism, authoritarians, propaganda /ruthbenghiat.com /Prof NYU/Columnist @MSNBC /Book Strongmen/ @caaspeakers /Substack on threats to democracy ⤵️/DM 4 Signal
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/welcome-to-lucid 03-12-2012 02:05:59
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All of America was able to witness an extraordinary moment on Fox News tonight. It is the most corrupt institution in the United States run by the most dangerous immigrant who was ever welcomed here Rupert Murdoch. Two Australian Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd & Malcolm Turnbull
As I write in #Strongmen , privatization & Fascism go together. Mussolini was appointed PM 1922; in 1923, he privatized electric, insurance & other industries to reassure elites he would protect their interests.
Please do not RT Musk's infantile #Strongmen -style self-portrait. Propaganda is a system of attention management, and far-right operatives like Musk seek to keep you in reaction mode and distract you from purposeful action. Eyes on the prize: saving our democracy.
my latest La Croix Int.
It is naïve to see pope Francis as liberal leftist who is willing and able to lead an opposition to Meloni's hard-right government in Italy
international.la-croix.com/news/signs-of-…
🎙️'Giorgia Meloni is a 'strongwoman', the first one we've had'. In this extract from New Lines Magazine “The Lede” Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains that the emphasis on masculinity is why most strongmen tend to be just that — men. But Meloni complicates that picture: newlinesmag.com/podcast/how-st…
On today’s episode of “The Ezra Klein Show,” the political scientist Pippa Norris joins @EzraKlein to discuss the role of the transgressive aesthetic in the Trump era. nyti.ms/3NpmkQP