Oddbean new post about login | logout Ruth Ben-Ghiat comments on Trump's media-crafted appearance at a South Carollina gun store to buy a gun: "It is clearer than ever that inciting political violence is Trump’s political project, and his campaign appearances and events must be seen in that light." #Trump #violence #authoritarianism #fascism #threats #retribution /1 https://lucid.substack.com/p/violence-is-trumps-brand
"His brand is violence, and his rallies and other events sell that violence, presenting it as the preferred way to resolve differences in society and as the only way to move history forward. The gun shop stop was merely the most obvious of these attempts to expand his corps of armed followers. … 'Perhaps it was always going to come to this. A MAGA hat and a gun,' I wrote in 2021." #Trump #violence #authoritarianism #fascism #threats #retribution /2