Authoritarianism’s Enduring Appeal: Anne Applebaum Discusses

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 6 March 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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From the Philippines to Hungary to Venezuela, countries across the world have embraced authoritarian rule, in many cases with significant popular support. What is the enduring appeal of authoritarianism, how susceptible is the United States to its sway, and what has the pandemic done to accelerate its growth? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum joins Ian Bremmer to discuss.

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0:00.0	Authoritarianism and the drive towards authoritarianism have resulted from people who feel some kind of disappointment with democracy.
0:09.4	Sometimes it's a personal disappointment, but often it comes from a disappointment that's broader.
0:15.2	My society isn't what I thought it would be. I don't see myself represented in it.
0:23.0	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast. Here you'll find extended versions of the
0:28.0	interviews from my show on public television. I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we're looking at the
0:33.6	rise of authoritarianism around the world with a woman who wrote the book on it.
0:39.2	Anne Applebaum is a staff writer at The Atlantic,
0:42.0	an author of Twilight of Democracy,
0:44.7	The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
0:47.1	The 2019 Pew Poll of people in more than 30 countries
0:50.7	found a majority, 52% were dissatisfied with democracy, jobs, immigration,
0:56.8	and a growing sense that their leaders don't really care about them. All were factors.
1:01.6	What does this mean for the United States and the rest of the free world? That's the topic
1:06.2	today. Let's get to it.
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1:43.9	Pulitzer Prize winning author and columnist at the Atlantic and Applebaum. Great to be with you today,
1:46.0	Ed. Thanks for having me. Why is authoritarianism so seductive in this environment today?
1:52.0	Authoritarianism and the drive towards authoritarianism
1:56.0	have, for the last hundred years,
2:00.0	resulted from people who feel some kind of disappointment with
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