America at a Crossroads
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The Dark Neuroscience of Trump Propaganda "When you twinned fear with disgust... you can move people to violence." On "America at a Crossroads," historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat uses neuroscience to expose how authoritarians trigger long-lasting emotions in the brain. @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
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