One of the world's most celebrated historians and journalists uncovers
the networks trying to destroy the democratic world
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state
looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that
cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are
run not by one bad guy, but by sophisticated networks composed of
kleptocratic financial structures, security services and professional
propagandists. The members of these networks are connected not only
within a given country, but among many countries. The corrupt,
state-controlled companies in one dictatorship do business with
corrupt, state-controlled companies in another. The police in one
country can arm, equip, and train the police in another. The
propagandists share resources―the troll farms that promote one
dictator’s propaganda can also be used to promote the propaganda of
another―and themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness
of democracy and the evil of America.
Unlike military or political alliances from other times and places,
this group doesn’t operate like a bloc, but rather like an
agglomeration of companies: Autocracy, Inc. Their relations are not
based on values, but are rather transactional, which is why they
operate so easily across ideological, geographical, and cultural lines.
In truth, they are in full agreement about only one thing: Their
dislike of us, the inhabitants of the democratic world, and their
desire to see both our political systems and our values undermine.
That shared understanding of the world―where it comes from, why it
lasts, how it works, how the democratic world has unwittingly helped to
consolidate it, and how we can help bring it down―is the subject of
this book.
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