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” There are forces intent on destroying the world — and they begin with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? ‘Nobody’s democracy is safe.” There are forces intent on destroying the world — and they begin with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Such is the chilling message from Pulitzer Prize winner and writer Anne Applebaum in her latest work, . The notion of a democratic society — and democracy is indeed a notion or an idea — lends itself to a certain taken-for-grantedness in Canadian society and the west. The proof is in our voter turnout, F-Trudeau stickers and hot tubs at freedom rallies.
The Associated Press files In this 2023 photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the Kremlin in Moscow. For Applebaum (author of ), the precariousness and the novelty of our democracies moves beyond voter turnout or independent newspaper subscriptions. For her, “No democratic government should ever assume that arguments for democracy or the rule of law are somehow obvious or self-evident.
” Democracies are new and shaky and we need to be hyper-vigilant in their defense. In , Applebaum systematically .
