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the planet alexander verbeek substack subscribe sign in home notes support the planet archive about how trump s america is engineering a system that cannot lose how marcos franco and lukashenko tried to design their own permanence and why trump s america is engineering the same system aug 10 alexander verbeek 84 26 47 in trump s america independent institutions are learning what happens when they resist part 9 of the strongman s playbook strangle civil society and the citizens who disagree have no institutions through which to act on that aug 2 alexander verbeek 113 24 51 in trump s america loyalty is being made profitable history shows where that leads strongmen do not survive on fear alone they create supporters with a financial stake in the regime s survival self interest is more durable than jul 26 alexander verbeek 117 21 53 11 20 ️ watch they re eating the dogs trump s manufactured enemy and what history says comes next ️ morning comments the planet the strongman s playbook part 7 jul 23 alexander verbeek 132 17 43 trump called democrats communists 81 times in two weeks history knows this technique how orbán manufactured hungary s enemies and bolsonaro built a communist conspiracy and why trump is following the same script jul 22 alexander verbeek 104 29 64 latest top discussions how trump s america is using history the way every strongman uses it as a weapon orbán spent fifteen years rewriting hungarian history through schools museums and public space trump is doing it faster and more visibly but the jul 12 alexander verbeek 123 29 64 how trump is using the law the way peru s and south korea s strongmen did they both received life sentences part 5 of the strongman s playbook the system does not need to convict everyone it needs only to make clear that the law applies differently depending jul 5 alexander verbeek 95 35 54 i have loved america since i was a boy that makes this harder to write the country i have admired since my childhood in europe is rewriting its own story here is what i see jul 4 alexander verbeek 196 72 70 you re fired trump can now say that to the people who protect you from fraud nuclear risk and unsafe products how step 1 of the strongman s playbook made today s ruling possible what i wrote yesterday and what morning compass reported this morning jun 29 alexander verbeek 90 13 40 the generals the scientists the senior officials trump is systematically firing them he follows the playbook a general forced out with no explanation a scientist reassigned to finance eight thousand officials stripped of protection in a day this is not jun 28 alexander verbeek 111 27 44 trump s america is restructuring the business elite history shows what comes next independent wealth is a threat dependent wealth is a pillar of support strongmen have always known the difference jun 21 alexander verbeek 119 16 52 before trump there was franco the playbook for silencing journalism is old how mussolini perón franco and marcos silenced the press and why the technique looks different today but works the same way jun 14 alexander verbeek 92 18 36 3 57 ️ watch the strongman s playbook starts with the courts always ️ morning comments the planet the strongman s playbook part 1 jun 7 alexander verbeek 76 10 26 every strongman s first move how trump follows a pattern history knows well perón orbán and marcos all neutralized their judiciaries before anything else the pattern is older than trump and more dangerous for that jun 7 alexander verbeek 84 17 41 see all the planet exploring our world s beauty and challenges through stories of nature climate and human resilience join our collective journey of hope and understanding subscribe recommendations view all 12 the curious wanderer alexander verbeek letters from an american heather cox richardson robert reich robert reich paul krugman paul krugman daybreak notes beans ️ alexander verbeek the planet subscribe about archive recommendations sitemap 2026 alexander verbeek privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts