The Conversation
“The fall issue of Moment was a treasure trove of just how Jewish Americans might negotiate the impending governmental challenges at home and abroad.”
“The fall issue of Moment was a treasure trove of just how Jewish Americans might negotiate the impending governmental challenges at home and abroad.”
“The framers of the U.S. Constitution were definitely worried about an authoritarian president. And I think they were really worried about demagogues, who are a bit like strongmen,” says Eric Posner, author of ‘The Demagogue’s Playbook.’
“If G-d wanted to be a strongman, you would expect Him to make His presence ubiquitous,” writes Rabbi Tzvi Freedman. “Yet his PR claims He doesn’t even have a face that we can see.”
Examining the role that charisma, deception, scapegoating and even psychopathology might play in the way strongmen leaders attract a following and hold onto power.