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No desantis and trump are different people I’m sorry whatever you think about two people being the same is ridiculous .
I was discussing the topic of Ben-Ghiat’s view of DeSantis and the danger she sees in authoritarian arrogant politicians. Trump, who lead an overthrow of the government, and DeSantis who, as I pointed out, acts unilaterally and squashes debates on issues and people that he disagrees with are the same. It is not a republican vs democrat issue. All other republican politicians do not act in this manner. The issue is that the republicans will continue to vote for someone who acts in this manner.
Her opinion might have value on this issue since she is a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University and wrote books called “The formation of a Fascist culture: the Realist movement in Italy, 1930-43” and “Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922–1945”.
I actually do not agree with her on DeSantis. He is much more grounded in following the constitution and the law than Trump. Trump will do whatever he wants and then hire a hundred lawyers to stay out of jail.