A number of books have been written about the crisis of liberal democracy, valuable diagnostics pulling us out of the comfort zone. any put us against the wall simply pointing out the problems, others looking for answers, solutions that could bring liberal democracy out of the crisis. Anne Applebaum Book Autocracy. Dictators Who Want to regulation the World, however, it goes on to the seemingly only sad/pessimistic conclusion that “there is no liberal order of the planet today, and the pursuit of its creation seems unrealistic at present. However, there are liberal societies" (p. 224) and it is in them that we look for the opportunity/possibility to realise our freedoms and values, as well as what I call the "reasonable defender of freedom" behind Szielski.
The end of the Syrian war? Many awaited him with longing, following first the destiny of the war on the ground, and then the consequences it had for the region and beyond, for our world. On the 1 hand, the tragedy of the civilian population and the scale of the war crimes committed by the Bashar al-Assad regime, on the another hand the same people fleeing their country, in part heading towards the shores of Europe. A population rightly seeking shelter, fleeing the war and the threat that the arrival of which has become the beginning of the migration crisis that Europe is facing today. The crisis, which in turn did not have an impact on the political situation of the West – from the 2015 parliamentary elections in Poland to the AD 2024 European Parliament elections. However, it is hard to full enjoy that end, due to the fact that although it is actually the end of the Assad family's rule, it is simply a division of organizations associated with extremist Islamists, headed by Hajat Tahrir ash-Sham (HTS) and Abu Muhammad al-Jaulanim, by any Western countries inactive considered a terrorist. Despite the fresh statements of the rebels, the weakening of Russia's or Iran's positions, present we must wonder what way Syria will take. due to the fact that the fact that it will not cease to be a part of the puzzle that Anne Applebaum describes as a ‘concern autocracy’ is almost certain.
A number of books have been written about the crisis of liberal democracy, valuable diagnostics pulling us out of the comfort zone. any put us against the wall simply pointing out the problems, others looking for answers, solutions that could bring liberal democracy out of the crisis. Anne Applebaum Book Autocracy. Dictators Who Want to regulation the World, however, it goes on to the seemingly only sad/pessimistic conclusion that “there is no liberal order of the planet today, and the pursuit of its creation seems unrealistic at present. However, there are liberal societies" (p. 224) and it is in them that we look for the opportunity/possibility to realise our freedoms and values, as well as what I call the "reasonable defender of freedom" behind Szielski. Reasonability, along with realism, however, requires a thorough knowing of each side, a diagnosis of the state of danger, or yet – to follow the ancient Sun Tzu strategy master – to know both the enemy and himself... This gives us a chance to win, or at least push distant the spectrum of defeat. Hence, Applebaum's book, introducing readers and readers into less-known regions, in a network of an "autocracy concert" based on a game of common interests, multi-level common support (sometimes contrary to the sanctions coming from outside the "system", cooperation within seemingly only exotic coalitions, opens its eyes to the overall image that we usually see in fragments. It is only by putting together these multi-elemental global puzzles that we see not only the reality of the threat, but above all the way it works and the way it affects both its interior narratives and its perception from the outside. Applebaum points to these dependence, a strategy of combined vessels, a circumstantial "hand in hand" as a strategy chosen by authoritarian countries, countries of closed societies, societies dominated by the power of autocrats and tyrants, societies active in a large game of interests.
There is no mention of the Cold War 2.0, much little the formation of lists of global villains and their crystal opponents. Rather, we cast shades of black and white for all shades of grey to see how dangerous it may be for us liberal democrats to ignore them; how they leak into our planet more or little perceiving, whispering attitudes, sipping disinformation, sowing unrest, developing different forms of war; how they become more and more present not as distant but acting alongside us, present just around the corner. So we see armed autocracies in technologies, strategies, interests, networked, embedded in commerce and diplomacy, determined not to quit power. Applebaum sees them as a fact, as a threat, but besides as an ongoing process whose knowing is simply a key component in keeping our Western planet in order in which we want to see it. This is the minute of values clashing and the next step to remind us that Fukuyama was incorrect erstwhile with specified conviction he assured us of the triumph of liberal democracy, of its rule. In the meantime, Applebaum dispels this mirage, confronting us with a full series of smaller or larger examples, in which at the case survey we see how the network described by it operates, in which simple laws rule, and 1 of the basic ones may sound "she will draw her own to her" (video p. 67).
This communicative is full of themes that we would erstwhile consider to be derived from science-fiction stories or good crime. The network of evil – much more sophisticated and rational than the movie stories about James Bond; a strategy of citizen surveillance watching through their eyes hundreds of millions of cameras that Philip K would not be ashamed of. Dick; inserting citizens into the “carousel of falsehood” propaganda ravaging media narratives so far that the Polish tv in the times of erstwhile power seems to be a version created at best by a teenager. "There is 1 goal – Applebaum writes – to publicize the same narratives from which autocrats usage their own backyards, to consolidate the link between democracy and chaos and degeneration, to undermine the credibility of democratic institutions and to muddy not only the democratic activists, but besides the same regime" (p. 113). This is just 1 of the elements of the "concern" we gotta face. One, but highly effective, erstwhile it comes to sawing the legs of a democratic table – namely the regulation of law, media freedom, the independency of discipline and education and the freedom of the electoral process – which guarantees all our freedoms and rights. Rights which, in many countries, are not even the least respected. The perfect state of common institutions, erstwhile described by Grotius or Kant, is not included here. On the contrary, these countries "attacking the language of human rights, human dignity and the regulation of law are slow building their own institutions" (p. 141) to which we cannot stay indifferent either. They do not "even" themselves, but to the muses, but to the "concern" they are a real alternate to the Western culture and its belief in liberal democracy.
What do I do? We have been asking ourselves this question for a long time, even in our own backyards on average, dealing with anti-democratic movements, populisms or nationalisms. But they should, at least theoretically, be “easy to use”, since specified local, specified “our”. Where are they going to the large autocrats, let alone the “concert”? The option is always to look for allies in resisting the aims of the "concern", in dispelling the spectrum it brings upon us, in regular homework from rights and obligations, from the work we have towards our own freedom and our own societies or communities. The way towards this, to build effective strategies, in part sets out his Applebaum book, not only to give us the facts (including their appalling scale), but to give us an effective tool to get to know the opponent. And that's half the success. What else does Applebaum teach us? Attention. Sensitivities on undemocratic aspects that are the beginning of each country's decision towards the regimes it describes. A care that takes us out of assurance and complacency, or yet out of reasoning of the "my hut from the country". Fortunately, he dedicates his book to the optimists... due to the fact that it's about time they woke up.
