One of the strengths of Ruth Ben Ghiat's Strongman is her defining fascism as a subcategory of authoritarianism. This helpfully establishes that Trump is not a fascist, but a different type of threat (for example, in her formulation, fascists abolish elections, while modern-day authoritarians would not be able to get away with that). Awareness of that difference could be helpful in formulating strategies to defeat Trump, should be regain power.
A major weakness in her book was her exclusion of left-wing regimes from her study of strongmen. The exclusion of Daniel Ortega, who has destroyed Nicaragua's democracy, using mostly the same techniques Ben-Ghiat describes in her book, may signal a strong ideological bias in her work, putting her credibility gravely at risk.
_"One of the strengths of Ruth Ben Ghiat's Strongman is her defining fascism as a subcategory of authoritarianism. "_ Except she is actually wrong. Fascism wasn't merely authoritarian ideology. It was Totalitarian and the Fascists were the ones who coined that word in the first place.
_"A major weakness in her book was her exclusion of left-wing regimes from her study of strongmen. "_ Which makes her look like a fraud, considering Fascism was a socialist Far-Left ideology based on Neo-Hegelian philosophy and National Syndicalism which they adapted from a French Marxist, known as Georges Sorel. Every actual Fascist historian acknowledges the fact, that Fascism was a synthesis of anti-materialist socialism and nationalism.
Being has a tendency to 'return' to clusters ='the nature of solidarity' -a desire for empathy -(Wave)-(yin) and also, Being has a tendency to 'exist' as individuals ='the nature of self-expension' -a desire for breed-(Particle)-(Yang) Likewise, humans have two elements. We must realize that we all have both left and right elements =Solidarity and Self reliance No one has only one element. so 'Sum' derived from 'two poles' , (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) To develop intellect and ethics by harmonizing the two, It is good to realize it and balance it properly But A few people polarized the crowd(political partisanship) without balancing themselves. And They stole only the sum, only the synthesis from the triangle composition.
Will exposing the authoritarian playbook curtail authoritarian goonyism? Asking China to comment about what Russia is attempting while directly referring to this book would be a start.
I do not quite agree. But you are on to something. Her exclusion of left-wing regimes from her study of strongmen--specifically her exclusion of Daniel Ortega--could signal a strong left-wing bias in her work, that gravely risks her credibility.
So are you Americans voting for Trump in November, are you all voting for Freddy Krueger's son? So come November, will it be Freddy Krueger's son versus genocidal joe, the so-called leader of the free world? is it going to be tweedle dee or tweedle dum, probably partners in crime aren't they? Vote Freddy Krueger's son back in, in November and people can get back to the golden age of insults, not so golden for those on the receiving end, was/is it? Let's all hope and pray, that Trump (Freddy Krueger's son) doesn't have a judge who is impervious to evidence. lol Trump's(Freddy Krueger'son)unintentionally funniest speeches. "We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country," he told a New Hampshire crowd. So Trump is going to be rooting out the fascists,and then it goes on to use fascistic language, slogans and analogies. so is it going to be rooting out the embodied fascists within itself is it, it's going to exercise it's own personal demons.
So, is Trumpty Dumpty the come back kid going to be marketing himself as Rocky again in 2024, like he did in 2020? Have you noticed how in American politics that they use boxing/sports metaphors/analogies In 2020 Trump was marketing himself as Rocky,i suppose he thinks of himself as the Italian stud and was going to knock out his opponent with his big masonic dick. It didn't work out that way,so maybe 2024 will be round 2. "Trump knew all too well what the covid jabs were. Let's ignore Trump and Carlson, part of the legacy media and the divide and rule side story of Capitol Hill riots. Let's focus on justice and on the cures for the covid jabs, a change in the financial system, freedom and the future." Jane Burgermeister. Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America. A must read especially if you want to understand Trumpty Dumpty’s boldness in calling for the constitution to be scrapped! It’s been the plan all along - Charley Shults
that immunity line aged well.
Thanku for very valuable information, prof. Ruh-Ben-Ghiat
thank you for information about how to protect our democracy
Thank you for making this interview available. Very interesting. I am looking forward to reading the book.
Fantastic interview. Thank you so much. I definitely look forward to reading your book.
So I wonder how business folks feel about having bosses like this.
One of the strengths of Ruth Ben Ghiat's Strongman is her defining fascism as a subcategory of authoritarianism. This helpfully establishes that Trump is not a fascist, but a different type of threat (for example, in her formulation, fascists abolish elections, while modern-day authoritarians would not be able to get away with that). Awareness of that difference could be helpful in formulating strategies to defeat Trump, should be regain power.
A major weakness in her book was her exclusion of left-wing regimes from her study of strongmen. The exclusion of Daniel Ortega, who has destroyed Nicaragua's democracy, using mostly the same techniques Ben-Ghiat describes in her book, may signal a strong ideological bias in her work, putting her credibility gravely at risk.
_"One of the strengths of Ruth Ben Ghiat's Strongman is her defining fascism as a subcategory of authoritarianism. "_
Except she is actually wrong. Fascism wasn't merely authoritarian ideology. It was Totalitarian and the Fascists were the ones who coined that word in the first place.
_"A major weakness in her book was her exclusion of left-wing regimes from her study of strongmen. "_
Which makes her look like a fraud, considering Fascism was a socialist Far-Left ideology based on Neo-Hegelian philosophy and National Syndicalism which they adapted from a French Marxist, known as Georges Sorel. Every actual Fascist historian acknowledges the fact, that Fascism was a synthesis of anti-materialist socialism and nationalism.
Being has a tendency to 'return' to clusters
='the nature of solidarity' -a desire for empathy -(Wave)-(yin)
and also,
Being has a tendency to 'exist' as individuals
='the nature of self-expension' -a desire for breed-(Particle)-(Yang)
Likewise, humans have two elements.
We must realize that we all have both left and right elements
=Solidarity and Self reliance
No one has only one element.
so 'Sum' derived from 'two poles' , (thesis, antithesis, synthesis)
To develop intellect and ethics by harmonizing the two,
It is good to realize it and balance it properly
But A few people polarized the crowd(political partisanship)
without balancing themselves.
And They stole only the sum, only the synthesis from the triangle composition.
America is all about the self.
Will exposing the authoritarian playbook curtail authoritarian goonyism? Asking China to comment about what Russia is attempting while directly referring to this book would be a start.
When I need a fact based assessment of fascist strong-people, Ruth Ben-Ghiat is literally the last person I'd talk to.
I do not quite agree. But you are on to something. Her exclusion of left-wing regimes from her study of strongmen--specifically her exclusion of Daniel Ortega--could signal a strong left-wing bias in her work, that gravely risks her credibility.
I wonder if she's going to write about Joe Biden's authoritarian rule
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So are you Americans voting for Trump in November, are you all voting for Freddy Krueger's son?
So come November, will it be Freddy Krueger's son versus genocidal joe, the so-called leader of the free world?
is it going to be tweedle dee or tweedle dum, probably partners in crime aren't they?
Vote Freddy Krueger's son back in, in November and people can get back to the golden age of insults, not
so golden for those on the receiving end, was/is it?
Let's all hope and pray, that Trump (Freddy Krueger's son) doesn't have a judge who is impervious to evidence. lol
Trump's(Freddy Krueger'son)unintentionally funniest speeches.
"We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country," he told a New Hampshire crowd.
So Trump is going to be rooting out the fascists,and then it goes on to use fascistic language, slogans and analogies.
so is it going to be rooting out the embodied fascists within itself is it, it's going to exercise it's own personal demons.
So, is Trumpty Dumpty the come back kid going to be marketing himself as Rocky again in 2024, like he did in 2020?
Have you noticed how in American politics that they use boxing/sports metaphors/analogies
In 2020 Trump was marketing himself as Rocky,i suppose he thinks of himself as the Italian stud
and was going to knock out his opponent with his big masonic dick.
It didn't work out that way,so maybe 2024 will be round 2.
"Trump knew all too well what the covid jabs were.
Let's ignore Trump and Carlson, part of the legacy
media and the divide and rule side story of Capitol Hill
riots.
Let's focus on justice and on the cures for the covid
jabs, a change in the financial system, freedom and
the future." Jane Burgermeister.
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America. A must read especially if you want to understand Trumpty Dumpty’s boldness in calling for the constitution to be scrapped! It’s been the plan all along - Charley Shults
Which strongman techniques has Biden been using against his political opponents?