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← Autocrats keep holding elections to give their rule a veneer of freedom.

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 31 Jan 1890 to 27 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Autocrats keep holding elections to give their rule a veneer of freedom. Autocrats keep holding elections to givetheir 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: Holding elections no longer shows that a country is a democracy. — tap to centre the map on it Holding elections no longer showsthat a country is a democracy. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 RB Ruth Ben-Ghiat — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Autocrats depend on blaming marginalized people and on fear to keep their power. — tap to centre the map on it Autocrats depend on blamingmarginalized people and on fear tokeep 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: Corruption is better restrained by a wide right to vote than by limiting it to the wealthy — tap to centre the map on it Corruption is better restrained by awide right to vote than by limitingit to the wealthy TJ Thomas Jefferson — holds since c. 1781–1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democracy in the proper sense is necessarily a form of despotism — tap to centre the map on it Democracy in the proper sense isnecessarily a form of despotism IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1795 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better for a government to keep pace with a people's desires than to give way before them later — tap to centre the map on it It is better for a government tokeep pace with a people's desiresthan to give way before them later Last stated 137 years ago 31 Jan 1890 JR José Rizal — holds since 1890-01-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is entirely acceptable to have a rooting interest in the elections of other countries. — tap to centre the map on it It is entirely acceptable to have arooting interest in the elections ofother countries. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Oct 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tutelary democratic power may keep people in perpetual childhood instead of preparing them for adulthood — tap to centre the map on it A tutelary democratic power may keeppeople in perpetual childhoodinstead of preparing them foradulthood AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: The governing party always loses popularity, so Democrats' coming wins will not last on their own. — tap to centre the map on it The governing party always losespopularity, so Democrats' comingwins will not last on their own. Last stated 7 months ago 23 Mar 2026 LD Lee Drutman — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A consistent liberal is not an anarchist — tap to centre the map on it A consistent liberal is not ananarchist MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Autocrats keep holding elections to give their rule a veneer of freedom. Last stated 21 Oct 2026 · 2 weeks ago Holds Ruth Ben-Ghiat Read this korrent →