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The Wannabe Fascists A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0D2PJCHTR | 2024 | 7 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 221 MB
Author: Federico Finchelstein
Narrator: Tom Beyer

Meet today’s almost fascists and learn the warning signs to intercept them on the road from populism to dictatorship. With The Wannabe Fascists, historian Federico Finchelstein offers a precise explanation of why Trumpism and similar movements across the world belong to a new political breed, the last outcome of the combined histories of fascism and populism: the wannabe fascists. This new type of populist politician is typically a legally elected leader who, unlike previous populists who were eager to distance themselves from fascism, turns to totalitarian lies, racism, and illegal means to destroy democracy from within.

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Wannabe Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me


Free Download Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris
English | June 13, 2023 | ISBN: 0063249944 | 288 pages | EPUB | 0.85 Mb
"Aisha Harris is one of our smartest, most entertaining modern cultural critics. The nine pieces offer insight on Stevie Wonder, the Spice Girls,Pen15,andNew Girl-among many other pop artifacts, of course-which might as well be parlance for, ‘Read me immediately.’"

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Wannabe Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me [Audiobook]


Free Download Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B8SY165G | 2023 | 7 hours and 38 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 209 MB
Author: Aisha Harris
Narrator: Aisha Harris

Aisha Harris has made a name for herself as someone you can turn tofor a razor-sharp take on whatever show or movie everyoneis talking about. Now, she turns her talents inward, mining the benchmarks of her nineties childhood and beyond to analyze the tropes that are shaping all of us, and our ability to shape them right back. In the opening essay, an interaction with Chance the Rapper prompts an investigation into the origin myth of her name. Elsewhere, Aisha traces the evolution of the "Black Friend" trope from its Twainian origins through to the heyday of the Spice Girls, teen comedies like Clueless, and sitcoms of the New Girl variety. And she examines the overlap of taste and identity in this era, rejecting the patriarchal ethos that you are what you like. Whatever the subject, sitting down with her book feels like hanging out with your smart, hilarious, pop culture-obsessed friend-and it’s a delight.

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