The Rise of Global Fascism (with Ruth Ben-Ghiat)
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Do People Underreact or Overreact When They Come to Power?
When someone with fascistic tendencies or rooted in fascism comes to power in a country, generally speaking. Do people tend to underreact or overreact? They often underreact,. I wrote my book Strongmen, which is case study starting with Mussolini and Hitler going up to Orban and Trump and Putin. There are these patterns that emerge; one is that conservative elites have acted to bring these kind of insurgent figures into the system.
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