The war in Ukraine made Vladimir Putin one of the most hated characters In the world. Moises Naím, author of Revenge of power: How autocrats are reinventing politics for the 21st century.
When pushed back into a corner, the “three-P dictators”—according to Naím, rulers who promote populism, polarization, and post-truth—will become even more brutal and repressive, he she told Molly Jong-Fast in this supplementary episode of New anomaly.
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“As we have seen in Venezuela, they just suppress the protesters. And being an opponent of the regime becomes very risky and very dangerous,” he added.
“Will they kill more people? What does that look like, more oppression? ‘ Molly asked.
“It seems like what we have seen in some Russian footage, thousands of detainees took to the streets to protest the war. We’ve seen it in Iran,” said Naím, “They use the state’s repressive power to detain very often to torture, and sometimes to kill. [the opposition]. ”
Changing her mind, Molly asks how countries like the United States can protect their democracy from autocratic populist leaders like Trump, especially given the right-wing misinformation going on. spread on social media.
Naím’s answer: regulation of platforms for disseminating information and disinformation.
“We’ve had in the United States for years government agencies that protect consumers from harmful drugs, unhealthy food products. What we need now is consumer protection for digital consumers,” he said.
Also on the shell! Molly and co-host Andy Levy hear a clip of Trump trying to “teach” Joe Biden about nuclear weapons, and they break Sean Hannity’s “toughness” on Ronald Reagan.
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