Steve Bannon, the former strategist for Donald Trump, found himself teaching a civics class to inmates at Danbury Federal Correctional Institution. Serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, Bannon decided to make the most of his time behind bars. He believed that everything important about business and politics could be learned from The Godfather, the classic movie series by Francis Ford Coppola.
Dressed in his khaki prison uniform, Bannon gathered around 50 inmates each Tuesday afternoon in a plain room. These were not just any inmates; they were a mix of drug dealers, fraudsters, and even a convict from the January 6th Capitol riot, all of whom had a strong admiration for Trump. As Bannon stood at the front of the class, he passionately circled keywords on the whiteboard and shared his thoughts on American society, using lessons from The Godfather to illustrate his points.
Bannon explained how the movie depicted a corrupt world, using Michael Corleone’s deali...
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