A very powerful piece - thank you Matt. There have been lots of recent references to Orban, Modi, or Erdogan but there are clear lessons from Argentina which people maybe less familiar with. And recall the deep involvement of the USA and its security services. This was a very wealthy country in the first part of the 20th Century that has struggled with various forms of autocracy ever since. On the watchlist.
Another series to watch has been Families Like Ours which tackles the linked issues of climate change and refugees. Showing how even in supposedly sophisticated European countries, once wealthy people can be become disposed and then treated with hostility by their neighbours.
Shocking and tragic. When a state lets loose its worst elements and gives them free rein to behave with no restraint, allowing the most depraved, sadistic and psychopathic to indulge themselves while claiming they are defending their country, we see the results in appalling stories like this, and live now in Gaza, and Sudan. For a government to encourage and applaud those who behave this way, and then later, when the true horror starts to emerge, protect them, is unforgiveable.
A very powerful piece - thank you Matt. There have been lots of recent references to Orban, Modi, or Erdogan but there are clear lessons from Argentina which people maybe less familiar with. And recall the deep involvement of the USA and its security services. This was a very wealthy country in the first part of the 20th Century that has struggled with various forms of autocracy ever since. On the watchlist.
Another series to watch has been Families Like Ours which tackles the linked issues of climate change and refugees. Showing how even in supposedly sophisticated European countries, once wealthy people can be become disposed and then treated with hostility by their neighbours.
Thanks Robin. I’ll look out for that series.
Thanks Matt. Fascinating and shocking stuff
Shocking and tragic. When a state lets loose its worst elements and gives them free rein to behave with no restraint, allowing the most depraved, sadistic and psychopathic to indulge themselves while claiming they are defending their country, we see the results in appalling stories like this, and live now in Gaza, and Sudan. For a government to encourage and applaud those who behave this way, and then later, when the true horror starts to emerge, protect them, is unforgiveable.