Autocrats’ BFFs: Elites with a grudge
Anne Applebaum's "Twilight of Democracy" explores how autocrats rise to power by cultivating an elite class. The book details how parties in Poland and Hungary exploited societal divisions and manufactured lies to gain control, while also examining the motivations of intellectuals who abandoned liberal values to support such regimes.
Anne Applebaum's "Twilight of Democracy" explores how autocrats rise to power by cultivating an elite class. The book details how parties in Poland and Hungary exploited societal divisions and manufactured lies to gain control, while also examining the motivations of intellectuals who abandoned liberal values to support such regimes.
