Paranoia politics: a Tunisian lesson in demagoguery
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The Economist
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🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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The president is using racist hate-mongering as both a rallying tool and a distraction mechanism. It is the oldest trick in the autocrat playbook and it proving effective. Why are some Americans flocking to start new lives in Europe (10.36)? And, a tribute to a Ukrainian pilot who made the case for his country to get F-16 fighter jets (18.03).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host, Borre Oganbi. |
| 0:10.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:17.0 | There's a wave of Americans seeking greener pastures in Europe. |
| 0:21.0 | The increase in remote working opportunities is encouraging people to take the plunge. |
| 0:26.0 | But as our correspondent discovers, for many, the main driving factors run deeper. |
| 0:33.0 | And Ukrainian fighter pilot Andre Pishkov lobbied politicians in Washington and Europe |
| 0:40.0 | to give his country access to American-made F-16 jets. |
| 0:44.0 | We pay tribute to the young pilot who was killed during the training flight. |
| 0:49.0 | This summer, racial tensions have been rising in the North African nation of Tunisia. |
| 1:09.0 | Please, keeping local Tunisians separated from migrants. |
| 1:13.0 | Officers covering the entrance to the house where a group of sub-Saharan Africans are living. |
| 1:17.0 | Tunisians take part in the funeral of man-stabbed to dead during his coffees, |
| 1:22.0 | between residents and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Tunisia's coastal city of Spaks. |
| 1:28.0 | The country's population is estimated to be 98% Arab. |
| 1:33.0 | But recently, more Black Africans have started passing through. |
| 1:37.0 | Many of them hoping to cross the Mediterranean and reach Europe. |
| 1:42.0 | Here, in the province of Spaks, on the Gulf of Gavis, |
| 1:45.0 | a large number of migrants and refugees are waiting for the opportunity to take to the sea. |
| 1:50.0 | In February, Tunisia's president, Kaii Said, made a shocking claim |
| 1:56.0 | that Black Africans were part of a plot to change the nation's demography. |
| 2:00.0 | Despite this being false, his words have had cascading effects ever since, |
| 2:11.0 | sparking protests and fueling anti-migrant violence in the streets. |
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