William Lindsey :toad:Dean Obeidallah quotes Ruth Ben-Ghiat, who tells him the goal of authoritarians is "to get people to see that violence is not negative." And:
“The pardons are about encouraging people to do more violence, thinking that they're not going to pay any consequences. That's actually the essence of authoritarianism and fascism: You arrange government so that you can be violent and corrupt and get away with it.”
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