Enzo Traverso: “Milei es una anomalía argentina, como en los 20 percibían a Mussolini en Italia”

A historian and professor of intellectual and political history at Cornell University, specializing in fascism and contemporary political thought, he analyzes the rise of the new right through his concept of “post-fascism.” In this interview, he warns that liberal democracy can be eroded from within through permanent states of exception and an authoritarian strengthening of the executive branch. He examines populism as a political style and distinguishes between figures like Trump and Milei, whom he describes as an anomaly that could foreshadow broader trends. He also reflects on the crisis of the international order, the relationship between neoliberalism and authoritarianism, and the social resistance movements that could still halt this drift.