Five signs of totalitarianism: ‘1: Leader Insists on Mass Public Adoration. 2: Regime Controls the Truth. 3: Regime Suppresses Knowledge Producers. 4: Regime Invents Common Enemies. 5: Leader Is Surrounded by Cronies and Sycophants.’
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