How Autocrats Use Fear — And Why This Time It Failed | Two Joes
January 28, 2026
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as posted by the channelAuthoritarian movements rely on fear, confusion, and denial — and they follow the same playbook everywhere.
In this clip, Joe Trippi, Joe Klein, and Trygve Olson explain how autocrats use state violence to maintain power, why these tactics usually work, and why Minneapolis may mark the moment they finally failed in America.
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