Gessen draws out the similarities betw/ DJT + Putin here: http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/12/13/putin-paradigm-how-trump-will-rule/ …
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Cites Hungarian sociologist Magyar's term "mafia state" for both (one post-communist, the other post-democratic)pic.twitter.com/qmX8W9pLGB
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And, this nugget: "an unqualified man of limited intelligence ha[s] by accident come to rule a nuclear power."
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Gessen also notes: [the 2 have] "vastly different backgrounds, experience, and demeanors" + countries are v. different.
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Gessen's analysis so far has been excellent, but lacks a racial analysis. There's no understanding DJT w/out racism.
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