Engineers of Chaos

Read this book if you want to protect yourself against manipulations from the right! Right-wing populist and far-right politicians like Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán, Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini, and Björn Höcke not only share ideological similarities. They all pursue the strategy of recruiting their followers primarily through social media channels. The experts who assist them are experienced and internationally connected. They have no scruples in their choice of methods: emotionalization and attention at any cost, precisely calibrated taboos, and the combination of lies with half-truths. These methods have dramatic consequences for society and each of us. Our democracy is at stake.