I agree with this thesis. Putin didn't create the social cleavages that undermine democracies. Their own policies did. But he is taking full advantage of the opportunities.
"Anne Applebaum, a Poland-based writer who has written extensively about the rise of illiberal strongman politics in Eastern European countries, noted: “Washington likes to talk about China and Chinese influence because that’s easy, but actually what really links this group [of authoritarians] is not China but rather a common desire to preserve their personal power.”"
The same Anne Applebaum that found the Biden family ties to those regimes uninteresting?
This is 100% nonsense. Well okay. only 80%. Putting Orban in the same crowd as real dictators shows the author has no ability to make distinctions and makes everything he says without credibility. Liberal democracies are in decline because the leaders have embraced international goals instead of national goals. The no longer want to serve their citizens.
interestingly, you'll notice lots of anti war protests in Europe, where social democracies still pretend to give a hoot about the populace, and none in the US, where they obviously dont (no health system, crumbling infarstructures, trumps & ilks, illiteracy, anti-vaxing stupidity). where have all the hippies gone? the ones who protested vietnam so effectively? busy on facebook?
We're a long ways away from the CIA activities in Chile, but it's good to remember the consequences of US policy in Latin America in the 60s and 70s.
I agree with this thesis. Putin didn't create the social cleavages that undermine democracies. Their own policies did. But he is taking full advantage of the opportunities.
"Anne Applebaum, a Poland-based writer who has written extensively about the rise of illiberal strongman politics in Eastern European countries, noted: “Washington likes to talk about China and Chinese influence because that’s easy, but actually what really links this group [of authoritarians] is not China but rather a common desire to preserve their personal power.”"
The same Anne Applebaum that found the Biden family ties to those regimes uninteresting?
This is 100% nonsense. Well okay. only 80%. Putting Orban in the same crowd as real dictators shows the author has no ability to make distinctions and makes everything he says without credibility. Liberal democracies are in decline because the leaders have embraced international goals instead of national goals. The no longer want to serve their citizens.
interestingly, you'll notice lots of anti war protests in Europe, where social democracies still pretend to give a hoot about the populace, and none in the US, where they obviously dont (no health system, crumbling infarstructures, trumps & ilks, illiteracy, anti-vaxing stupidity). where have all the hippies gone? the ones who protested vietnam so effectively? busy on facebook?