I study chaos agents: from Mussolini on mantra is blow it all up to create the new. Musk's exchanges w/far right propagandists tell you who he sees as new arbiters of information. Authoritarians create crises and situations of mass destabilization: that's what's going on here. https://t.co/5W5WWTJbiH

— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) November 18, 2022