The Soft Strongman
How modern power presents itself as common sense
We know what a strongman looks like.
He wears a uniform. He gives speeches from balconies. He silences critics and surrounds himself with loyalists. His power is visible, theatrical, and unmistakable. Even if we disagree about when the label applies, we share a general image of what we are looking for.
That image isn’t wrong.
It is simply incomplete.
The st…
