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As i walked the class through a syllabus based upon country after country that had drifted to the nationalist authoritarian right, hungary, and others, it was glaringly obvious how interconnected they were. they used common tactics, common narratives, and common conspiracy theories to legitimize their role. many of them shared common forces of financing, corruption, and even political consultants. isolated, the resistance movements that gave me hope would likely fail. meaning if they stayed isol...

He was teaching a class on the global authoritarianism at the time and says, quote, i was anchored in a belief that all of these pro democracy movements somehow needed to coalesce. as i walked the class through a syllabus based upon country after country that had drifted to the nationalist authoritarian right it was glaringly obvious how interconnected they were. they used common tactics, common narratives, and common conspiracy theories to legitimize their role. many shared common forces of fin...