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Ruth Ben-Ghiat

@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

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History & Italian Professor, NYU; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Jun 22

Why are no headlines focusing on the unconstitutional and dictatorial nature of this action?

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Jun 8

Fake emergencies to justify crackdowns-not very original

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Jun 8

So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·5h

A moving essay by @mollymckew.bsky.social www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·2d

Inevitable and tracks with the cycles of regimes

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·4d

That's the authoritarian dream

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·6d

Bannon says Tr*ump is acting as a vehicle of divine providence. This is an old authoritarian propaganda theme.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Oct 21

It's an amazing book. Congratulations to @joycevance.bsky.social!

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Oct 20

My comments on what President Tr*mp's AI video tells us about autocrat psychology: youtu.be/JNt8YoqQzWE

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Oct 18

In protesting peacefully we reclaim our cities and communities from state brutality. These are our spaces, our homes.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Oct 15

Important: this is exactly how propagandists operate.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Oct 11

A diseased population is easier to control

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat·Oct 10

Sign you live in a police state

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