The Chaos Engineers

The Engineers of Chaos. In the world of Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro and Matteo Salvini, each day brings its blunders, its controversies, its striking events. In the eyes of their voters, the flaws of populist leaders are transformed into qualities. Their inexperience is proof that they do not belong to the corrupt circle of elites and their incompetence, the guarantee of their authenticity. The tensions they create internationally are an illustration of their independence and the conspiracy theories that punctuate their propaganda, the mark of their freedom of thought. Yet, behind the unbridled appearances of the populist carnival, lies the hard work of spin-doctors, ideologues and Big Data experts, without whom these populist leaders would never have come to power. In this book, Giuliano da Empoli paints a portrait of characters almost all unknown to the general public, and who are nevertheless changing the rules of the political game and the face of our societies.