The Rise of Global Fascism (with Ruth Ben-Ghiat)
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The Paradox of Strongman Rule
Authoritarians get to a point because they're paranoid and this paradox we talked about before, where the prospect of decline. Authoritarians say that they're going to make the nation great, but they, their corruption ravages all of the institutions. The Russian military was actually eaten from within by corruption and by propaganda institutionalized lying so commanders are not telling the truth. It's like seeing a page of this playbook of the late autocrat come to life.
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