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Autocrats, alternative facts & dystopian futures
Ian Explains: Autocrats, Alternative Facts & Dystopian Futures | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
March 11, 2021
It's a fact that can be hard to swallow: even the most brutal of dictators can be democratically elected. Many voters, it turns out, like autocrats. So how popular are anti-democratic movements in some of the world's strongest democracies? More so than you might think. And it's a trend that's growing.
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