“Many current right-wing world leaders, including Benjamin Netanyahu and Orbán, won power by following the so-called Finkelstein formula. Arthur Finkelstein was the American pollster who revitalized the Republican party in the United States, by perfecting a new, and toxic, approach to politics — negative campaigning.”
#Auspol #PeterDutton #NZpol #InternationalDemocracyUnion
From: @AlisonCreekside
https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/112226232558818777
Alison Creekside (@[email protected])
Excellent long read from Michael Harris: How the well-honed playbook for whipping up authoritarian populism is being employed in Canada and around the world. #cdnpoli Democracy Is Under Siege Globally. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/05/Democracy-Under-Siege-Globally/
