gimulnautti, 1 year ago

@StillIRise1963 But it’s not your grandfather’s fascism for the most part. The illusion of democracy is so much better maintained by the strongman leaders these days.

In the old days, the junta would execute you, now you get planted a fake criminal case to land you in prison.

Before, the leader would tell the media what to write, now he takes away the funding if you publish the wrong things.

Instead of shutting down universities, he switches the staff and drowns them in regulation.

StillIRise1963, 1 year ago

@gimulnautti New tricks, new creative solutions.

gimulnautti, 1 year ago

@StillIRise1963 Those who seek power for power’s sake are often very aware of the kind of narrative you need to build.

Even Mussolini held up the impression of Italy being still somehow a republic right until 1939, and there wasn’t internet at those times.

Today the strongman has to work even more through storytelling than ever. But Berlusconi, Erdogan, Orban and Putin have shown the way.