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We’re Experts in Fascism. We’re Leaving the U.S. | NYT Opinion
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I'm a historian of totalitarianism. I
look at fascist rhetoric. I've been
thinking about the sources of the worst
kinds of history for a quarter of a
century. Experts say the constitutional
crisis is here now. The Trump
administration deporting hundreds of men
without a trial. A massive purge at the
FBI to make people afraid of speaking
out against him.
I'm leaving to the University of Toronto
because I want to do my work without the
fear that I will be punished for my
words. The lesson of 1933 is you get out
sooner rather than later.
I've spent a lot of time in the last
decade trying to prepare people if Trump
were elected once, let alone twice. Look
what happened. Is this crazy? I did not
flee Trump. But if people are going to
leave the United States or leave
American universities, there are reasons
for
that. One thing you can definitely learn
from Russians is that it's essential to
set up centers of resistance in places
of relative safety. We want to make sure
that if there is a political crisis in
the US that Americans are organized.
We've just gotten started. You haven't
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