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Of Bookish Things<a href="https://werd.social/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ben</a> This was at the first 100 days. <a href="https://c.im/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> scholar, analyses the <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a>’s rapid shift towards <a href="https://c.im/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a>. She talks about <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/PersonalityCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PersonalityCult</a>, how <a href="https://c.im/tags/Strongmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strongmen</a> portray machismo and the potential for a female strongman figure. She also discusses how autocrats use corruption, violence and propaganda to stay in power, and how <a href="https://c.im/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> roundups echo the past, resembling a “secret police force”. Ruth Ben-Ghiat anticipated that <a href="https://c.im/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> would reach the tipping point by September.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUMATTj3Ai0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUMATTj3Ai0</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Great article by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> on July 10, 2025How Autocrats Disappear People and Information, and How We Can Fight Back<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopAutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopAuthoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopFascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopMAGA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopTrump</a><a href="https://lucid.substack.com/p/how-autocrats-disappear-people-and?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lucid.substack.com/p/how-autocrats-disappear-people-and?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true</a>

StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RuthBen-Ghiat" target="_blank">#RuthBen-Ghiat</a> is <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23America" target="_blank">#America</a> ’s FOREMOST historian when it comes to studying the rise of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23autocracy" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> and the loss of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23democracy" target="_blank">#democracy</a>. She and <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/kenharbaugh.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kenharbaugh.bsky.social</a> discuss the role of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23oligarchs" target="_blank">#oligarchs</a> and corruption in fueling Donald Trump’s autocratic takeover. <a href="https://youtu.be/xZ1ZY22_eIc?si=wpMC31L30VQK23wQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtu.be/xZ1ZY22_eIc?...</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/xZ1ZY22_eIc?si=wpMC31L30VQK23wQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fascism Expert PREDICTS Trump’...</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GDoNc93zQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GDoNc93zQ</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheHumanistReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheHumanistReport</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Historian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Historian</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> Warns Trump Moving Towards <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dictatorship</a> Faster than Puton Orban and Ergodan <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FascistUSA</a>

Of Bookish ThingsIs Trump’s America still a democracy? | Ruth Ben-Ghiat, autocracy scholar, on the Prospect Podcast<a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpsAmerica</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AutocracyScholar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AutocracyScholar</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hungary</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Authoritrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritrarian</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Machismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Machismo</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MassMeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassMeia</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MassMediaTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassMediaTechnology</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orbán</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpCoup2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2025</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Strongmen_fromMussoliniToThePresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strongmen_fromMussoliniToThePresent</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUMATTj3Ai0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUMATTj3Ai0</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"What’s clear is that autocrats everywhere are becoming more emboldened because they know that they will encounter no real consequences from the Trump-Musk administration for their aggressions. They know that the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> government is trying to destroy <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> at home and around the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#world</a>."👀 😢 -Ruth Ben-Ghiat<a href="https://lucid.substack.com/p/erdogan-arrests-top-opposition-politician" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lucid.substack.com/p/erdogan-arrests-top-opposition-politician</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Dennis A<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? Wired teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED <a href="https://youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?si=CJYWDOjuu9t4whIu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?si=CJYWDOjuu9t4whIu</a>

ℵ₀ 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6fALsenmw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6fALsenmw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ruspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gerpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gerpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#canpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chilepol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chilepol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#imperialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QandA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QandA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldaffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldaffairs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

Liam O'Mara IV, PhDPerhaps needless to say, as another scholar of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a>, I agree with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> on Musk's gesture. I'll also again condemn <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ADL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ADL</a> for dropping its original mission to protect us, becoming instead an apologist for Israeli <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> nationalism, hence effectively <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antisemitic</a>.

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️/2 "It was a Nazi salute." Historian dismisses Musk's fascist salute <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/01/21/it-was-a-nazi-salute-historian-dismisses-claim-that-musks-raised-arm-was-mere-awkward-gesture" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2025/01/21/it-was-a-nazi-salute-historian-dismisses-claim-that-musks-raised-arm-was-mere-awkward-gesture</a>"Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute" -- Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ben-Ghiat" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ben-Ghiat</a>Musk’s Estranged trans Daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson Condemns Inauguration Salute <a href="https://www.them.us/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-estranged-trans-daughter-elon-musk-inauguration-salute" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.them.us/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-estranged-trans-daughter-elon-musk-inauguration-salute</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeoNazism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeoNazism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whiteSupremacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whiteSupremacism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HegemonicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HegemonicMasculinity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToxicMasculinity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christofascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transgenocide</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-213-the-shallow-power-flattering-appeal-of-high-status-resistance-historians" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-213-the-shallow-power-flattering-appeal-of-high-status-resistance-historians</a> WOW! I didn't know this about these historians! A <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MustListenEpisode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MustListenEpisode</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CitationsNeeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CitationsNeeded</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Episode213" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Episode213</a>: The Shallow, Power-Flattering appeal of high Status <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Historians</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AnneApplebaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnneApplebaum</a> , <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TimothySnyder</a>, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> , etc. have become liberal-friendly experts on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>. Citations Needed looks at the advent and influence of MSNBC-approved <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historians</a> dissecting their SELECTIVE <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/antiauthoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antiauthoritarian</a> posture and discussing how their work does little more than polish their careers and provide cover for U.S. and U.S.-allied <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/militarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#militarism</a>. Later on, is guest <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GregGrandin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GregGrandin</a> (upcoming <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> in April 2025) <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestineNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePalestineNOW</a> 🇵🇸 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#farright</a>

oldguycrusty<a href="https://threads.net/@tomwellborn3/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tomwellborn3</a> They had 107 days. The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OrangeShitGibbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OrangeShitGibbon</a> has been operating for decades, backed by <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oligarchs</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> the whole time.This moment has been coming for a long time. See: <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TimSnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TimSnyder</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SarahKendzidor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SarahKendzidor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NaomiKlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaomiKlein</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AnneNelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnneNelson</a>Blaming <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> is like when you had the big party in High School while your parents were away and blaming the last kid to show up to the party - for you getting busted when the cops show up.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VeryShallowThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VeryShallowThinking</a>

HardWiredI really don’t understand people (at least 71 million Americans). According to historians like <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AnneApplebaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnneApplebaum</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> all authoritarian regimes will eventually fall, but it could be a long, dark time. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckTrump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CovidIsNotOver</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StandWithUkraine</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Feminism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Gilead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gilead</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strongman</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1BIon6AUB4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1BIon6AUB4</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DemocracyNow</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s Night at the Garden Guests: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a>, author of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strongman</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MarshallCurry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarshallCurry</a>, director of the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ANightAtTheGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ANightAtTheGarden</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Election2024</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Farright</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/extr%C3%AAmedroite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extrêmedroite</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FCKNZS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FCKNZS</a> :antifa:

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Expert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Expert</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BreaksDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BreaksDown</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConvictedFelon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MadisonSquareGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MadisonSquareGarden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rally</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> also <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exposed</a> the real <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#purpose</a> a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/claim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#claim</a> repeatedly made at the event. When speakers claimed that “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/they" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#they</a>” had tried to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/assassinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#assassinate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, she responded: “The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#purpose</a> of this is to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conjure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conjure</a> a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> sufficient to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/justify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justify</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#action</a> if they win. Old <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trick</a> of those <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coups</a> as well.” <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-donald-trump-msg-rally_n_671f2c1ee4b0a55cb4cd824b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-donald-trump-msg-rally_n_671f2c1ee4b0a55cb4cd824b</a>

OUR COMMON GROUND"Il Duce replaced democratic elections with occasional plebiscites. In 1934, as he prepared to invade Ethiopia and was dealing with increased internal unrest, he staged a vote. Italians were actually weighing in on a purge of the political class: a single list he had approved of nominees for seats in Parliament, with the choices YES or NO."<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> author, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Strongmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strongmen</a> <a href="https://lucid.substack.com/p/from-mussolini-to-trump-elections" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lucid.substack.com/p/from-mussolini-to-trump-elections</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#election2024</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@ruthbenghiat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ruthbenghiat</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The U.S. Naval Academy’s history department invited NYU historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat to give a guest lecture this month about what happens to militaries under authoritarian rule, then the Heritage Foundation and other right-wing figures launched a pressure campaign and the academy disinvited her."~ David Kurtz<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hitler</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> /19<a href="https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/kamala-harris-plans-to-close-with" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/kamala-harris-plans-to-close-with</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a> is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalTreasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalTreasure</a>!

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2dKnNbSU8s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2dKnNbSU8s</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AliVelshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AliVelshi</a> 🚨 WAKE UP, USA: In <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DonCheetoMussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonCheetoMussolini</a>'s own words. Guests: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuthBenGhiat</a>, author of '<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/StrongMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMan</a>' <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JasonStanley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JasonStanley</a>, author of '<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ErasingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ErasingHistory</a>' and '<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/HowFascismWorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HowFascismWorks</a> 'KEEP THIS MOTHERFUCKER OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE DON'T NORMALISE FASCISM, DON'T IGNORE FASCISM!<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xenophobia</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AttacksOnProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AttacksOnProtestors</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TrumpIsFascistToTheCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsFascistToTheCore</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NoPasaran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoPasaran</a> :antifa: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Extr%C3%AAmeDroite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExtrêmeDroite</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FCKNZS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FCKNZS</a>

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