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Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook: Rewriting Art, Education, and Media

From classrooms to Hollywood, history warns us about what comes next.

Mar 18, 2025
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Throughout history, authoritarian leaders haven’t just seized political power; they’ve seized control over culture.

  • In Nazi Germany, schools were forced to teach nationalism, "unpatriotic" books were banned, and modern art was labeled "degenerate."

  • During McCarthyism, teachers, writers, and Hollywood figures were purged for suspected leftist beliefs.

  • In So…

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