Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Kleptocracy, Inc.

Crass conflicts of interest are now part of our system

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Anne Applebaum
Apr 15, 2025
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Last July I published a book, Autocracy, Inc., which described a network of dictatorships, linked not by ideology but by the political and financial interests of the dictators and their friends. At the time, many people asked me whether America would join this network if Donald Trump won a second term. Now, nearly 100 days into the second Trump administ…

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