"It's not your grandmother's authoritarianism."
Policy expert Ami Fields-Meyer explains why modern dictators like Putin, Orban, and Maduro don't need military coups to take over—they use democratic elections to enter the system, then restrict the civic airspace from within.
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"It's not your grandmother's authoritarianism." with Ami Fields-Meyer
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When investigative journalist Julia Angwin set out to interview global dissidents to help navigate America's political anxieties, she discovered something unexpected...
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"American Power at the Crossroads: Confronting China and a Fragmenting World"
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Think a modern authoritarian regime requires thousands of political prisoners and bulk violence to stay in power? Think again. With Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer.
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We love the myth of the lone, spontaneous hero standing up to a corrupt system—but the reality of dissent is much more deliberate. With Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer.
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We love the myth of the lone, spontaneous hero standing up to a corrupt system—but the reality of dissent is much more deliberate. What actually happens when your personal values suffer a direct,…
The Dark Neuroscience of Trump Propaganda
"When you twinned fear with disgust... you can move people to violence." On "America at a Crossroads," historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat uses neuroscience to expose how authoritarians trigger long-lasting emotions in the brain.
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