{"id":39099,"date":"2018-10-24T16:50:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=39099"},"modified":"2018-10-24T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:51:38","slug":"the-reality-of-fascistic-dictatorships-they-are-obtuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=39099","title":{"rendered":"The reality of dictatorships: they are obtuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexander Stille, a professor at Columbia, published a fascinating historical essay in the oped section of the New York Times,\u00a0<\/a>“What a Murder by Mussolini Teaches Us About Khashoggi and M.B.S: <\/span>The murder of Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudis has striking parallels with the murder of the Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti by Fascist thugs.”<\/p>\n

But beyond the lesson, Stille’s first two paragraphs, especially the second, lifted me above our present reality and reminded me why we can cling to more than hope: we can stand firm in historical reality:<\/p>\n

In the weeks after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, a question has been repeatedly asked: How could the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, be so reckless as to sanction this horrifying murder carried out in such a clumsy and shameless fashion?<\/em><\/p>\n

The answer, I think, is that dictatorships are inherently obtuse. Dictators live in their own self-created bubble of adulation and impunity, which leads them to huge misjudgments when they are forced to act outside of the bubble.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Alexander Stille, a professor at Columbia, published a fascinating historical essay in the oped section of the New York Times,\u00a0“What a Murder by Mussolini Teaches Us About Khashoggi and M.B.S: The murder of Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudis has striking … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1095,1175],"tags":[3756,3755,1298,3759,3757,3694,3758],"class_list":["post-39099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-alexander-stille","tag-dictatorships","tag-fascism","tag-giacomo-matteotti","tag-jamal-khashoggi","tag-mohammed-bin-salman","tag-mussolini"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t