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Empire of Grift

Anne Applebaum · 15 Sept 2026

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    Revolutionary movements aim to remake the international system, not just their own country's politics.

    Their wordsIn modern times, every major revolutionary movement has sought to change not just the politics of a single country but the international system itself.

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    The current U.S. administration shows an unprecedented scale of conflicts of interest and incompetence.

    Their wordsNo modern U.S. administration has ever witnessed conflicts of interest and incompetence on this scale.

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