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← Autocrats depend on blaming marginalized people and on fear to keep their power.

14 connected korrents · 14 moments from 22 Jun 2019 to 21 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under war war Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under Russia Russia Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Autocrats depend on blaming marginalized people and on fear to keep their power. Autocrats depend on blaming marginalizedpeople and on fear to keep their power. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 GG Greg Garrett — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Autocrats have long picked a weak minority, inflated it into a threat and promised to protect society from it — tap to centre the map on it Autocrats have long picked a weakminority, inflated it into a threatand promised to protect society fromit Last stated 7 years ago 22 Jun 2019 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2019-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Autocrats keep holding elections to give their rule a veneer of freedom. — tap to centre the map on it Autocrats keep holding elections togive their rule a veneer of freedom. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 RB Ruth Ben-Ghiat — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democratic power ultimately rests on ordinary people controlling resources rulers depend on, like labor and tax revenue — tap to centre the map on it Democratic power ultimately rests onordinary people controllingresources rulers depend on, likelabor and tax revenue Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 TM Tom MacWright — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The bigger long-term danger to authoritarian regimes is that AIs gain control of them, as subordinates always threatened autocrats — tap to centre the map on it The bigger long-term danger toauthoritarian regimes is that AIsgain control of them, assubordinates always threatenedautocrats Last stated 2 years ago 3 Jan 2025 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2025-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Autocrats hate LGBT people because they blur boundaries and force people to think and choose — tap to centre the map on it Autocrats hate LGBT people becausethey blur boundaries and forcepeople to think and choose Last stated 7 years ago 22 Jun 2019 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2019-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. — tap to centre the map on it 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency,and it is a formula available toUkraine's allies precisely becausethey are not the ones doing thefighting. Last stated a year ago 10 Oct 2025 LF Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: 9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today. — tap to centre the map on it 9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actionsfundamentally shaped the world welive in today. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Sept 2026 MY Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it A ceasefire along the current lineswould end the killing and stillleave a long-term settlement betweenRussia and Ukraine possible. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it A nation of a million people cannotrule hundreds of millions bywarfare; the Mongol Empire lastedbecause it offered its subjectsthings they actually wanted. Last stated a year ago 31 Jul 2025 JW Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. — tap to centre the map on it A nuclear war between the UnitedStates and Russia would kill fivebillion people. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Mar 2024 AJ Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A price cap on Russian oil can reduce Russian oil revenue even with limited compliance, by strengthening buyers' bargaining position. — tap to centre the map on it A price cap on Russian oil canreduce Russian oil revenue even withlimited compliance, by strengtheningbuyers' bargaining position. Last stated 4 years ago 11 Oct 2022 SJ Simon Johnson — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it — tap to centre the map on it A coalition from the US and EU toSaudi Arabia and the PalestinianAuthority should take Gaza fromHamas, rebuild it and demilitariseit Last stated 3 years ago 12 Oct 2023 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2023-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at theedge of the Overton window has tohold two cultures at once — the truebelievers and the seriousprofessionals who think they arecrazy — and integrating them is whatmakes it work. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it A heavily centralised state is themost fragile kind: when Rome’scentre failed, its successors wereleft without the resources oradministration to do what it haddone. Last stated 5 years ago 28 Jan 2022 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Autocrats depend on blaming marginalized people and on fear to keep their power. Last stated 20 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Greg Garrett Read this korrent →