Trump's Holiness Rises as His Corruption is Revealed, in the Best Authoritarian Tradition
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Jan 25, 2024
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Jan 25, 2024
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Jan 25, 2024
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“The more Trump’s crimes come to light, and justice moves to hold him accountable, the more he must be elevated as a being who is in some fashion not bound by the laws of ordinary men.
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For those familiar with authoritarian history, it is no wonder that the talking point of Trump's holiness has become prominent as more of his malfeasance and illegal behavior has been made public.”
Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Jan 25, 2024
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“The notion of the strongman as both savior and victim —the leader as a man of the people and a man above all other men— surrounds depraved and corrupt individuals with an aura of holiness. "I am the Jesus Christ of Italian politics," Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi liked to say as he navigated dozens of corruption trials and over twenty indictments with the help of his "right-hand man" Marcello Dell'Utri, a Senator from his party and his link to both the Mafia and Opus Dei.”