William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: As Ruth Ben-Ghiat notes, the attempt of strongmen wannabes like Donald Trump (and ...

As Ruth Ben-Ghiat notes, the attempt of strongmen wannabes like Donald Trump (and Mussolini and Hitler et al.) to deify themselves and claim divine sanction grows only stronger when they feel threatened — as Trump does from multiple indictments.

And many of us are willing to buy the ridiculous claim and ignore the historical lessons, as the Iowa caucus reminds us.

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https://lucid.substack.com/p/trumps-holiness-rises-as-his-corruption