Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum

4.05 AVERAGE

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alma_do's review against another edition

4.5
informative sad fast-paced

juliaehill's review against another edition

2.0
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This ended up a major disappointment. While the author rightly describes concern for the propagandist, kleptocratic nature of states like Russia and China, she glosses over the media propaganda of capitalist democracies (I don't think there was a single mention of Fox News). While giving ample time to Russian disinformation peddling about the war in Ukraine, she amplifies the lies put out by Israel that obscure that state's atrocities. Her conclusion that grassroots activists and some Western democracies (whose leaders also benefit from misinformation) must change the laws and international framework for media and money laundering comes across as naive.

oldnick103's review

4.0
challenging informative fast-paced

matthewmccrickard's review

5.0
challenging informative fast-paced

soli90's review

4.0
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Good job highlighting the connections autocracies foster between each other. Events covered will be largely familiar to those who keep up with global events. The trees aren't new, but her way of se ing the forest was interesting and, in some ways, quite illuminating.  More depth would've been welcomed, but the book succinctly does its job.
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tomburgess's review

4.0
dark informative inspiring fast-paced

ecnook's review

5.0
challenging dark informative inspiring fast-paced
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scholastic_squid's review

5.0
medium-paced
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kaffee_auf_ex's review

4.5
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good and informative, but depressing (not the authors fault, though)

tpdyson's review

3.75
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