Strongman Dystopia

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at NYU, has written a book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, in which she explains what modern authoritarian leaders have in common with each other and how their plans follow the typical script of fascism developed a hundred years earlier. This is an interview that Ms. Ben-Ghiat did with 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda earlier this year when she was in Madison. Don Trump, Vladamir Putin, Victor Orban and Benjamin Netanayhu are the current reincarnations of this personality type who promote a “leader cult” that utilizes the authoritarian playbook of victimization and avenging savior.

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