#strongmen — Public Fediverse posts

New Banksy in London is brilliant 😄

A statue of a confident man in a business suit marching over a ledge he doesn’t see, because his attention is bound in carrying the huge flag that’s simultaneously blinding him.

#nationalism #confidence #ignorance #consequence #conmen #strongmen #banksy

"Then Magyar appeared on the state television network that spent sixteen years lying for Orbán. He told the anchors to their faces it was a North Korean-style propaganda machine, and announced he’s shutting it down the moment he takes power.

Much of what Orbán built is being dismantled. Trump’s accomplices should be paying attention, because MAGA is next."

#Orbán #Magyar #Trump #JDVance #CPAC #Hungary #strongmen #corruption
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"The corruption is already surfacing. Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar revealed this week that Orbán’s government was wasting Hungarian tax dollars to fund Trump’s CPAC for years. Magyar called it a 'criminal offense' that 'will have to be investigated.' The new government is cutting off all funding immediately."

~ Scott Dworkin

#Orbán #Magyar #Trump #JDVance #CPAC #Hungary #strongmen #corruption
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https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/arrest-warrant-out-for-ice-agent

Column: On Iran, Russia and China, Trump's weakness for strongmen explains his foreign policy

https://misryoum.com/us/politics/column-on-iran-russia-and-china-trumps-weakness/

“I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.”— Donald Trump, in his victory speech Nov. 6, 2024It’s bad enough that President Trump has broken that oft-repeated pledge and unilaterally started a war, without engaging either...

#Column #Iran #Russia #and #China #Trumps #weakness #for #strongmen #explains #his #foreign #policy #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

https://theconversation.com/trump-tariff-ruling-shows-top-courts-serve-as-last-line-of-defence-against-strongman-rule-276571. Excellent stuff, @ChrisMayLA6. "Trump is a would-be 'strongman' leader. Like all #strongmen, his aim is to concentrate #political #power in himself & those closest to him. Since returning to the #WhiteHouse in January 2025, #Trump has preferred to rule by way of #executive order rather than through the #legislative process. He has done so despite his #Republican party controlling both houses of #Congress."

#Dictators and #Strongmen:
#Oppressive #Regimes in #Historical #Fiction

https://bookriot.com/dictators-and-strongmen-oppressive-regimes-in-historical-fiction/

"Hypermasculinity might be seen as the connective tissue of the authoritarian playbook. In strongman states, the idealization of the man who takes what he wants and gets away with everything is central to personality cults and and also justifies the use of violence, corruption and other tools of illiberal rule."

#strongmen #authoritarianism #hypermasculinity #misogyny #homophobia #women #LGBTQ
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"Women and LGBTQ individuals have always been as much the strongman's enemies as the political opposition, prosecutors, and the press. For a century, the gender politics of authoritarianism has relied on the toxic triad of hypermasculinity, misogyny, and homophobia, which have worked together to devastating effect."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#strongmen #authoritarianism #hypermasculinity #misogyny #homophobia #women #LGBTQ
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/hypermasculinity-misogyny-homophobia