Julián Casanova, historian: ‘Goebbels needed to occupy countries to introduce propaganda. Elon Musk needs three minutes’

The expert is stepping away from teaching after a lifetime spent researching and writing about Franco, the Spanish Civil War and the violence of the 20th century. He warns that the values forged in the aftermath of World War II and in rejection of its atrocities are beginning to erode. The danger, he argues, comes not only from fascism but also from a technological oligarchy that may undermine society’s ability to agree on what is true

By Berna González Harbour