In 'Autocracy, Inc.', Anne Applebaum provides a detailed analysis of how modern autocracies operate, highlighting their sophisticated networks of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists. These autocratic regimes, spanning countries like China, Russia, and Iran, collaborate across borders to maintain power and undermine democracy. Applebaum argues that international condemnation and economic sanctions are ineffective against these autocrats and calls for democracies to fundamentally reorient their policies to combat this new threat. The book serves as both a historical investigation and a practical guide for defending democratic values against the rising tide of autocracy.
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-- Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer prize winning historian and writer for The Atlantic, joins David to discuss her book Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
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-- Donald Trump admits yet again that he is not likely to bring consumer prices down, as he previously claimed during his presidential campaign
-- A disoriented Donald Trump is caught endlessly lying once again when answering questions about the California fires
-- MAGA and Fox News hosts implicitly and explicitly blame lesbians, women, and "DEI" for the handling of the California fires
-- An exploration into why Donald Trump's demented rants are an obvious warning sign for his forthcoming second term
-- Donald Trump's reaction to the California fires is a terrifying reminder of what is to come
-- On the Bonus Show: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause sentencing, controversy over "empty" fire hydrants spreads in Los Angeles fire reporting, how Trump annexing Canada would change American politics, much more...
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