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pickIt is difficult to read and review a book like this when, less than a year after its publication, it is already out of date. Applebaum lays out many of the ways autocracies work in the modern day to undermine democracy, truth, and morale. In that way it is important reading, and I found it quite accessible to listen to. Cont'd in comments
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TheKidUpstairs However, she continually points to the US as one of the largest and most powerful opposition factors to these autocratic leaders. And as action items she talks about what the US government can do on the world stage, and how they can regulate social media companies to help. Points that are depressing and enraging as we instead see much of the autocrat's playbook being enacted by Trump, Musk, and the Republican party. 17h
Leftcoastzen Yes , she definitely has been pointing out what‘s going on here and now in the U.S. in her recent stories in The Atlantic. 16h
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