The followers of a purely Trumpist policy do not intend to change course and are even more explicit in their defense of autocratic models through the use of the great lie of saying that they are democratic
- Now that Trump is gone, what will happen to those who follow his recipes for violence, lies, racism, authoritarianism and militarization of politics and legitimize themselves through it?
- As philosopher Hannah Arendt argued, politics and lies always go together, but in fascism lies increase both quantitatively (fascists blatantly lie) and qualitatively (fascists believe their lies and attempt to transform reality to resemble their own lies).
- In this context, leaders like Bolsonaro, Bukele and Fujimori take up the trumpist torch and turn their lies into a serious danger for democracy.
By becoming the leader of the most powerful country in the world, Donald Trump empowered and legitimized authoritarians around the world. It did so through a media use of lies and autocratic practices that had echoes of the ones perpetrated by fascists during the crisis of democracy of the interwar years of the last century. But now that Trump is gone, what will happen to those who follow his recipes for violence, lies, racism, authoritarianism and militarization of politics and legitimize th
