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  1. citationsneeded.libsyn.com/epi

    WOW! I didn't know this about these historians! A #MustListenEpisode

    #CitationsNeeded
    #Episode213: The Shallow, Power-Flattering appeal of high Status #Resistance #Historians

    #AnneApplebaum , #TimothySnyder, #RuthBenGhiat , etc. have become liberal-friendly experts on #authoritarianism.

    Citations Needed looks at the advent and influence of MSNBC-approved #historians dissecting their SELECTIVE #antiauthoritarian posture and discussing how their work does little more than polish their careers and provide cover for U.S. and U.S.-allied #militarism.

    Later on, is guest #GregGrandin (upcoming #book in April 2025)

    #FreePalestineNOW 🇵🇸 #history #farright

  2. @tomwellborn3

    They had 107 days.

    The #OrangeShitGibbon has been operating for decades, backed by #oligarchs and #Fascism the whole time.

    This moment has been coming for a long time.

    See:
    #TimSnyder
    #SarahKendzidor
    #RuthBenGhiat
    #NaomiKlein
    #AnneNelson

    Blaming #KamalaHarris 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.

    #VeryShallowThinking

  3. “That’s the big question,” #RuthBenGhiat said, adding that it depends partly on #Trump’s ability to impose party #fealty, #intimidate critics & install competent bureaucrats who are effective at using levers of #power to advance his personal aims.

    “It is about criminalizing #dissent,” she said. “There is a method to his madness in that he has taken people on a journey of #indoctrination.”

    #law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024

  4. 'Totally illegal': #Trump escalates rhetoric on #outlawing political #dissent & #criticism

    “This is out of the #autocratic playbook. As autocrats consolidate their power once they’re in office, anything that threatens their #power ... becomes illegal,” historian #RuthBenGhiat said.

    #law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024
    nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elec

  5. A strange mix of two things I dig, music and political analysis, but in a weirdly fascinating, specific way: " #VernonReid and #CoreyGlover from the band #LivingColour join us for a discussion with NYU fascism and propaganda professor, Dr. #RuthBenGhiat, about the #fascism playbook, how #authoritarian regimes end, fascism and the illusion of authenticity, modern examples like #Trump, and Billy Joel’s smashed piano."

    youtube.com/watch?v=xaa7oVqmui