“This Is How You Sustain A Dictatorship”: Trump’s Ministry Of (Twitter) Truth

Early last month in "Sorry Donald, You Can't Build An Autocracy Here," I explained that the best way to pacify the masses and built a de facto dictatorship isn't to go "full-Third-Reich" (as it were), but rather to do things Erdogan-style. Although Erdogan has now abandoned all pretenses of subtlety in his power grab, the lesson from Turkey (and countless other historical examples of the same or similar dynamics) is that if you're shrewd, you can build an autocratic regime right under the publi

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