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#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is There a Playbook for Political Distortion?
This blame, it feels like there's a playbook that dictators follow. I just wonder if it comes naturally or just kind of evolves. Because, you know, blaming others and then telling these narratives and then creating the other leads to hatred and genocide. It feels like there're too many commonalities for it not to be a naturally emergent strategy that works for dictatorships.
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