Posted on Dec 5, 2023
Trump is fueling 'fatalistic nightmares' to trick voters into giving up: columnist
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While many fear that Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2024 will send America down a path to "dictatorship," that's exactly the message he's trying to put out, a Washington Post columnist wrote Tuesday.
The former president is fueling "fatalistic nightmares" in an effort to trick voters into thinking what they fear coming is inevitable, and that they should get on board or give up.
"Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a scholar of strongman rule, has noted that a time-tested tactic of authoritarian leaders is to disarm the electorate by suggesting their glorious triumph is inevitable," wrote Greg Sargent.
“Authoritarians create a climate where they seem unstoppable,” Ben-Ghiat told me. “Creating an aura of destiny around the leader galvanizes his supporters by making his movement seem much stronger than it actually is. The manipulation of perception is everything.
While many fear that Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2024 will send America down a path to "dictatorship," that's exactly the message he's trying to put out, a Washington Post columnist wrote Tuesday.
The former president is fueling "fatalistic nightmares" in an effort to trick voters into thinking what they fear coming is inevitable, and that they should get on board or give up.
"Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a scholar of strongman rule, has noted that a time-tested tactic of authoritarian leaders is to disarm the electorate by suggesting their glorious triumph is inevitable," wrote Greg Sargent.
“Authoritarians create a climate where they seem unstoppable,” Ben-Ghiat told me. “Creating an aura of destiny around the leader galvanizes his supporters by making his movement seem much stronger than it actually is. The manipulation of perception is everything.
Trump is fueling 'fatalistic nightmares' to trick voters into giving up: columnist
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On the positive side, everything Trump says is a lie. I'm not willing to bet he's not telling the truth this time though.
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What are you talking about, President Biden looking something out of the movie Star Wars? The force awakens sounds like Gen Hux saying that Maga republicans are a threat to society.
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The only ones experiencing nightmares is the progressives in the United States. Trump lives rent free in their heads.
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..."Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a scholar of strongman rule, has noted that a time-tested tactic of authoritarian leaders is to disarm the electorate by suggesting their glorious triumph is inevitable," wrote Greg Sargent.
“Authoritarians create a climate where they seem unstoppable,” Ben-Ghiat told me. “Creating an aura of destiny around the leader galvanizes his supporters by making his movement seem much stronger than it actually is. The manipulation of perception is everything.
"The aim is to hypnotize voters into forgetting the power and numbers that they possess, persuading them that politics is a hopelessly sordid and disappointing exercise."...
..."Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a scholar of strongman rule, has noted that a time-tested tactic of authoritarian leaders is to disarm the electorate by suggesting their glorious triumph is inevitable," wrote Greg Sargent.
“Authoritarians create a climate where they seem unstoppable,” Ben-Ghiat told me. “Creating an aura of destiny around the leader galvanizes his supporters by making his movement seem much stronger than it actually is. The manipulation of perception is everything.
"The aim is to hypnotize voters into forgetting the power and numbers that they possess, persuading them that politics is a hopelessly sordid and disappointing exercise."...
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