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b'Authoritarian propaganda is full of empty promises of unity. Of uniting the nation under a leader who alone can fix it. Authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat and I had this conversation BEFORE the events at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania, but the facts remain the same if not more poignant now. The shock and awe we\\u2019re seeing is a tactic to distract us from what this party plans to do to our country, our democracy, and to anyone who doesn\\u2019t pledge absolute fealty or fit into their limited box of \\u201cacceptable\\u201d Americans. What happened at the Trump rally changes nothing about who Trump is or what he will do to this country if he and his party gain power. If anything, Ruth\\u2019s warnings of how a strongman comes to power, are more dire now. We are witnessing the playbook of authoritarianism unfold, we can not simply go along.\\xa0\\xa0\\nAs always, if you find worth in what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You\\u2019ll get this podcast ad free, along with a bunch of other perks, like the rants directly to your inbox and the knowledge that you\\u2019re making this kind of highly researched, factual information possible.\\nIf that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!!\\nThank you so much! xoPG\\nGuest social:\\n\\nTwitter: @ruthbenghiat\\nWebsite: https://ruthbenghiat.com\\n\\nAs always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward!\\n\\xa0\\nAll show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl\\n\\xa0\\nThis episode is sponsored by\\u2026\\n\\nhttps://lumen.me/politicsgirl\\nhttps://rhone.com/politicsgirl code: PoliticsGirl\\n\\nVibes Only Podcast:\\xa0\\nhttps://couriernewsroom.com/vibes-only-podcast-trailer/'