Historian Omer Bartov's Warning for America
What Role Have We All Played in the Spread of Disinformation and the Rise of Authoritarianism? Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to supporters at a 2016 rally Clinton Middle SchooI in Iowa. Courtesy of Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press. by Omer Bartov | January 20, 2021 Two phenomena have characterized the outgoing Trump administration and spilled over to other countries around the world. The first is the astonishing power of conspiracy theories. The second is the no less astonishing capacity of generally honorable men and women to become complicit i...
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