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“Nations have faced autocracy before and recovered. It is not easy, but it is possible: witness the peaceful revolutions that preceded the collapse of the USSR, the dissolution of apartheid in South Africa, and the fall of tyrants throughout history, from Hitler to Milosevic to Mubarak.”
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
“Authoritarianism is not merely a matter of state control, it is something that eats away at who you are. It makes you afraid, and fear can make you cruel. It compels you to conform and to comply and accept things that you would never accept, to do things you never thought you would do.”
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
“Write your biography, write down your memories. Because if you do not do it now, you may forget.”
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
“scholars of authoritarian states who saw parallels to Trump in figures like Hitler, Milosevic, and, of course, Putin, but who were dismissed as alarmist despite their expertise.”
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
“Trump is part of a complex illicit network including individuals from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, and more—some of whom do not have loyalty to any particular country. Their loyalty is to themselves and their money.”
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
― Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
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