Why Authoritarians Manufacture Crisis
Democracies don’t die because people stop caring. They die because people get scared — and they let the wrong person promise them safety.
By Trygve Olson
This is the fourth in an eight-part series on the lessons I’ve learned confronting autocrats over the past twenty-five years. From post-Soviet capitals to American battlegrounds, I’ve seen how authoritarianism grows — and how democracy survives.
Autocrats need fear like a fire needs oxygen.
I’ve worked in countries where regimes manufacture…
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