Tag: democracy
Autocracy Inc Shows How the West Is Using the Autocrats’ Playbook
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We’ll do something a bit different next month…no specific book. I’ll be looking back at all the books I’ve read this year and building out some common themes over the course of the month. If you’re not part of book club then join to get all the posts. After reading Autocracy Inc and looking at
The Firehose of Falsehoods is Turning Democracy into a Nazi Bar
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According to Applebaum, one of the key tactics that autocracies use to encourage citizens to opt out of any type of democratic process is a firehose of falsehoods. When presented with something bad the regime did the autocrat will produce as many reasons as possible that the bad thing, be it corruption or literally killing
Anne Applebaum on Trump
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While Applebaum did reference Donald Trump a few times in Autocracy Inc, the bulk of the book was written before Trump’s second Presidency yet many of the tactics described by Applebaum in the book have clear parallels to what we see Trump’s team doing today. Want to read all my book content, join book club
Democracy for Me, Poverty and Exploitation for Thee
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We’re not even out of Chapter 1 in this month’s book and another thought has been sticking with me. Democracies love to preach the virtues of freedom – but they’ve never hesitated to install “friendly” leaders abroad when there’s profit to be made. This isn’t the first time I’ve come across the idea either. In