In my book, Twilight of Democracy, I described how autocratic regimes use conspiracy theories as loyalty tests...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/us/politics/trump-administration-loyalty-test.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
@anneapplebaum All from an administration that didn’t want FBI background checks.
They don’t care if you have a questionable reputation, are a Russian sympathizer or an abuser of women and/or alcohol but you’d better believe that Trump won the 2020 election and support the Jan 6 insurrection.
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@bouriquet @anneapplebaum And not be "woke", AKA no mores more recent than 1645, and no virtues espoused by that lefty freak Jesus.
