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@prologic
> Very interesting! I want moooar! 😅 She didn’t really go into any other patterns and plays these assholes use 🤣
Here book *Strongmen* is great. She also has a Substack newsletter. She frequently writes for or appears in interviews for major media, and Googling her name will often turn up a lot of stuff. She's also pretty outspoken on twitter.
@abucci Its a wonder she hasn't been banned from Twitter™ yet? 🤣
@abucci Its a wonder she hasn't been banned from Twitter™ yet? 🤣
@abucci Its a wonder she hasn't been banned from Twitter™ yet? 🤣
@abucci Its a wonder she hasn't been banned from Twitter™ yet? 🤣
@prologic I know! I've been wondering why. Musk knows about her and has interacted with her before. I think maybe openly going after college professors is an escalation he doesn't want to make (yet?). Journalists are fair game thanks to Trump, but going after professors gets you into "brownshirts" territory.
@abucci But surely this contradicts some of the Authoritarian playbook rules? 🤔 (not that I know wtf I'm talking about 🤣) -- Like if enough people know about Ruth's work, then one would _assume_ Elon's tom foolery would be unmasked and well his empire of "power" would collapse in an instant? 🤔 No? 🤔
@abucci But surely this contradicts some of the Authoritarian playbook rules? 🤔 (not that I know wtf I'm talking about 🤣) -- Like if enough people know about Ruth's work, then one would _assume_ Elon's tom foolery would be unmasked and well his empire of "power" would collapse in an instant? 🤔 No? 🤔
@abucci But surely this contradicts some of the Authoritarian playbook rules? 🤔 (not that I know wtf I'm talking about 🤣) -- Like if enough people know about Ruth's work, then one would _assume_ Elon's tom foolery would be unmasked and well his empire of "power" would collapse in an instant? 🤔 No? 🤔
@abucci But surely this contradicts some of the Authoritarian playbook rules? 🤔 (not that I know wtf I'm talking about 🤣) -- Like if enough people know about Ruth's work, then one would _assume_ Elon's tom foolery would be unmasked and well his empire of "power" would collapse in an instant? 🤔 No? 🤔
@prologic yes, but authoritarians also need the buy-in of "elites", people high up the social pecking order. Professors are perceived to be higher up the ladder than journalists, at least in the US. If he goes after them, then he risks losing the support of people even higher up the pecking order, who he definitely needs; then his legitimacy is compromised and the project fails prematurely. Eventually authoritarians go after professors, but only after they have consolidated their power. They attack the weakest first and work their way up.