Maracaibo at Midnight

Why Violence is the New Democracy. 15 Minutes.

Violence is the new politics. For today’s authoritarians, here and abroad, threats, intimidation, and symbolic violence are an extension of ordinary politics. Violence is actually necessary to create the “majoritarian” democracies they demand.

Watch my new video explainer, taken from my work around the world.

It’s called Maracaibo at Midnight: Violence as an Extension of Politics.

I’ve made this 15 minutes long, so that there is time to differentiate between dictators, demagogues, and authoritarian leaders and followers. Many quick, visceral videos make it worse by conflating fascism, communism, Hitler, Mao, North Korea, Che Guevara, and Hugo Chavez all with Trump.

Take a moment to learn what I learned. And give feedback.