Posted on 06/16/2022 2:08:19 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a historian at New York University, and the author of the book, “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present.” She has studied the backsliding of democracy, from the US to Russia, and elsewhere.
In a wide-ranging interview, she told Insider that in light of the January 6 hearings, Trump might have to be prosecuted in order to save American democracy ahead of the 2024 election. In that context, she said that DeSantis could take his place as a populist nominee…
“Now, if that does happen to Trump — DeSantis has already absorbed all the lessons of Trump”…
“He’s clearly readying himself for a national run, whether it’s in 2024 or later. And he’s a very dangerous individual,” Ben Ghiat said. “He’s dangerous because he is equally repressive, but doesn’t have the baggage of Trump. It’s hard to have the baggage of Trump.”
So basically if DeSantis wins in 2024 we slip right back into fascism.
The corporations will all take his side, he’ll have full control of the media, and we’ll be at war with Russia.
It’ll be bad, folks.
BAD!!!
So don’t you dare vote for DeSantis in 2024.
Because if you do, we might finally get our country back.
(Excerpt) Read more at notthebee.com ...
Anyone who confuses populism with fascism is not an “expert on fascism”.
dangerous to liberals!
because he wont roll over and play along like the RINO of old!
Freedom = Fascism; Ignorance = Knowledge; Hate = Love...
As far as I am concerned, these so-called “experts” should be Exiled to Afghanistan, maybe the State Dept will even let them take their Pre-Teen Lovers with them
OTH Our current domestic Democrat-Fascists are the scum of the earth and project their evil onto everyone else.
The Democrat Party Cabal stole the 2020 U.S. Election, thus gurneying the 79-year-old, clueless, senile Sleepy Joe into the Oval Office and practically flipping the country upside-down in almost every conceivable way in just 18 months.
And yet those same Democrats/RINOs now claim a Republican governor, DeSantis, is who's actually "dangerous" to the American democratic republic. Ok, got it.
What matters is taking back control of the country, reversing course on damn near everything, and implementing MAGA. to do that, we need the best executive at the top surrounded by the guest conservative America-first thinkers, leaders, and managers that can be found.
I love trump but he loves this country and would choose what is best to accomplish the above. Even if that means he’s not the candidate in 2024. Or if it does.
Time will tell.
As an expert on academic A##holes, I told CNN today that we must be very careful about Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Any time the MSM denotes someone as an ‘expert’ I immediately assume they are left wing nut cases.
It’s a tell. Like a woman with a hyphenated dual last name. Or a man with face tattoos. You automatically KNOW what to expect.
And it begins...
Leftist undermining and lies.
Lets get some information on this Soros lackey.
During the early-to-mid 20th century, black communities didn't have huge violent crime problems. Mere coincidence or something more? You know my answer.
Oh noes!
One of the key signs of a fascist dictator is giving freedom to the people. /s
But Trump wasn’t repressive at all. Quite the opposite. This seems like either projection or simple gaslighting.
We’ll… if she’s an “expert,” we ought to sit down and shut up. On the other hand I’ve been evaluating “experts” for a long time. Indeed as an “expert” in evaluating “experts,” I’ve determined that she’s a self-satisfied idiot
Never put a hyphenated woman in a position of power, authority, or influence.
Dangerous is the new slander from the left. It gives them license to reduce freedoms and do harm.
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