Strongmen
Thinking Allowed
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Ruth ben gert argues that we are living in an age of political rulers who draw on an authoritarian play book. The main agenda of authoritarians is to amass and retain as much personal power as possible. In some ways, the tools of rule are corruption, violence,. myth of national greatness and propaganda. And also macismo, which is what makes the strong men. Virility. And machismo as a way that these male leaders seek and keep their political legitimacy.
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