Before the First World War, there were a few democracies. In December, US President Joe Biden (Joe Biden) will convene about one hundred Virtual summitIt’s true that their numbers have declined in the past ten years, but this has always been a feat since the peak period after the Cold War. Even now, after dramatic mistakes and reversals (U.S., Turkey), Greater human share Live under democratic rule than in 1975.

All of this is saying: Don’t do strong propaganda work for them. Despotism tends to live by a historical inevitability as an impending force. An unusual rally of a free country, with an atmosphere of siege, may inadvertently provide false confidence in this idea. The carefree country does not meet.

“Liberal states are doomed to perish,” Benito Mussolini said in 1932.Some Rational person Turn to communism or fascism, or even anarchism, because they reluctantly believe in Il Duce’s teleology, rather than through active choice. Well, anything that exaggerates the momentum of a dictator is not just an academic error. It can be self-fulfilling.Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden once Said People follow the “strong horse”. It should be emphasized at any time that this is still democracy. Not only does it rule most of the world, but it also rules the richest people. What the strongman since the millennium has achieved against it is tantamount to pulling the goal back after conceding five goals. They should not be allowed to pretend to be a normal team, lest the shaken audience believe them. By convening countries and banning Russia, Turkey And China, this incident redefines the main domestic issue as a geopolitical issue. By convening countries and banning Russia, Turkey And China, this incident redefines a major domestic issue as a geopolitical issue

This is not the only way for the summit to risk pleasing the unfree world. Its premise is that there is an ongoing contest between democracy and its opposite, which is correct. But the fault lines mainly pass through countries, not between countries. By convening countries and banning Russia, Turkey And China, this incident redefines the main domestic issue as a geopolitical issue.It encourages the view that Donald Trump in the United States, the dark juggling of Brexit, the many flavors of Italian populism, and a lot of Anti-free vote In France.

There is no doubt that online robots, state-sponsored news channels, and political black money from hostile regimes all help to promote these things.In Ukraine, like everywhere else, democrats must consider not just misinformation, but more Tangible threatBut the decay of citizens in most retrogressive democracies requires little outside help. There are very few things that Russia can do to the United States, such as things that the United States does not do to itself. Even the most ingenious external force can only ignite the fire left by a country.

So, it is a bit impractical to defend democracy against external enemies rather than internal enemies. This also led to the once inevitable media coverage of the Trump-Russia file, which claimed that the former president had colluded with the Kremlin in the 2016 U.S. election.One of its main sources is Sued this month Lie to federal investigators. Republicans attribute the prominence of the archives since 2017 to liberal bias. Pretend that they are completely imagining that things are useless. But there is also a more innocent force at work. For many people, it is gratifying to believe that some sort of remote coup has contributed to the Trump presidency. After all, malicious outsiders can be turned away through hard work. The decline of endogenous democracy It’s even more daunting.

This is likely to be confused by the concept of an international democratic assembly. Supporting democracy is almost entirely housework. Countries that excel in this area are not always the countries with the strongest foreign policies or the most resistant to external pressure. For example, Germany has been influenced by Russia and Turkey due to its geography and history. In Poland, Italy Like France, Germany has allies and neighbors, where unfree movements flourish.In the face of all this, German politics is still almost boring Moderate portraitIf other democracies become more vulnerable, it is difficult to see how the common front against foreign dictators can help. Compared with irresponsible politicians and gullible domestic voters, it is easier to demonstrate international solidarity.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin He is one of the people who rewritten Mussolini’s line for the 21st century. It shows how much a dictator desires a sense of historical power. Whether by exaggerating their crisis or owing it to their efforts, the democratic world may award them at a low price. There is a kind of vigilance that is difficult to distinguish from its opposite.

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