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Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum — WisdomDeck honest review
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Autocracy, Inc.

by Anne Applebaum

Modern autocracies as a network of kleptocrats sharing money, surveillance and propaganda, not an ideological bloc. Short and clarifying.

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  1. Autocrats network.
  2. Money is the glue.
  3. Democracies must coordinate.

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