Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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This book traces the rise and tactics of despots like Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, Gaddafi, Pinochet, Putin, Mobutu, and Orbán, exposing their shared playbook of fear, propaganda, and the slow dismantling of democracy. What makes it so surreal—and terrifying—is the proof that Trump, who was RE-ELECTED, belongs in the same lineage. To see his name alongside history’s most notorious strongmen is both insane and sobering, a reminder that the past isn’t gone—it’s repeating in real time.
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