Summary
- Authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat highlights the importance of using mockery as a tactic to defeat GOP nominee Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance in the upcoming presidential election.
- Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz have embraced ridiculing Trump, Vance, and other Republicans with the simple word “Weird.”
- Humor has historically been an effective tool in anti-authoritarian politics.
- Ben-Ghiat warns of the potential consequences of a second Trump administration on democracy both internally and internationally.
