As the great student of totalitarianism Hannah Arendt explained, freedom and democracy depend on being able to tell the difference between facts and falsehoods.

As the famous political theorist Hannah Arendt described it, the criminal state exists early on the path to totalitarianism.

“Nineteen Eighty-Four is applied in Aleppo. Assad’s image is on every building, streets, on every corner. He is controlling their minds,” he said, referring to the George Orwell novel about totalitarianism.

He outraged many in 2022 by comparing vaccine mandates to the totalitarianism of Nazi Germany.

“Trusting the experts is a function of religion and totalitarianism,” he said.