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NYU history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat talks about the lessons autocrats of the past can teach us about Donald Trump. They discuss Disney's victory, online privacy bill progress, Meta's stock rise, and Elon Musk's robotaxi announcement.
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- Donald Trump's use of violent imagery normalizes violence in politics and undermines democratic institutions.
- Trump's admiration for dictators serves to normalize violence through a reeducation strategy, reframing it as patriotic and morally righteous.
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The Peril of Normalizing Violence in Politics
Donald Trump's sharing of violent imagery depicting Joe Biden as a hostage on Truth Social is alarming due to the normalization of violence in politics. This imagery, showing a scenario where Biden meets a violent end, fuels a dangerous narrative that undermines democratic institutions.
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