Thomas Zimmer
Contacting Thomas Zimmer
Federation handle:
@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
Thomas Zimmer's Information
Thomas Zimmer's Bio
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://anchor.fm/is-this-democracy - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/
Thomas Zimmer's Posts
Thomas Zimmer has 2 posts.
Thomas Zimmer
In response to this postI wrote about a key challenge of life under clownish authoritarianism: Resisting the temptation to constantly rage against Trump’s latest antics – while making sure the silliness and buffoonery of Trumpism doesn’t obscure how extreme and dangerous the situation is. 2/
Likes: 0
Replies: 0
Boosts: 1
Thomas Zimmer
Navigating the Nonsense and Propaganda of Clownish Authoritarianism
Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. I suggest we ask three questions that can help us engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵1/
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/navigating-the-nonsense-and-propaganda
I wrote about a key challenge of life under clownish authoritarianism: Resisting the temptation to constantly rage against Trump’s latest antics – while making sure the silliness and buffoonery of Trumpism doesn’t obscure how extreme and dangerous the situation is. 2/
by Thomas Zimmer ;
Likes: 0
Replies: 1
Boosts: 0