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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Rich Tenorio

Dictatorship? How Hitler, Stalin and Trump show it’s easier than you think

A detail of a page from Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think!
A detail of a page from Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think! Photograph: Andrea Chalupa, Sarah Kendzior, Kasia Babis/First Second

Three zombies lurching your way is scary enough. Now imagine they’re Lenin, Stalin and Putin. This scene isn’t from a Kremlin-themed horror film, but rather a new graphic novel, Dictatorship: It’s Easier Than You Think! by Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa.

Through their day job, as co-hosts of the Gaslit Nation podcast, the authors have long warned about the dangers of authoritarianism, whether discussing January 6 or the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Now they are releasing a book, illustrated by the Polish artist Kasia Babis.

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