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Autocracy Inc. has already shown up in the United States [1]

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Date: 2025-04-14

Suddenly, a week or so ago, I heard about this book and promptly knew I had to get it and check it out. At the point of writing this review, I have read all but the 32 page epilogue of it. I may or may not finish that part but the other 149 pages has taught me a lot, or maybe I should say reinforced what I already believed has been happening in the United States under the current regime as a continuation of what started during the one just prior to the Biden administration.

Certainly not everything that Biden did was the right thing in my opinion. We never get everything we want during a democratic election where everybody is allowed to vote and state with that their opinion. I have been on record for my opposition to his decisions regarding Palestine. I believed and still believe that the Palestinians have been victims of an attempt by the leadership of Israel to commit what can be described as a form of genocide. I am not anti-semitic but I am anti-discrimination and relentless punishment of Palestinians who, in my opinion are just as deserving of freedom and a homeland of their own as any body else regardless of the attitude of others.

But ultimately that belief has nothing to do with what the book Autocracy Inc has shown me about what is happening. The FACT is that we are now under the domination of what amounts to an autocracy. It is not a military autocracy or a communist autocracy. She makes it clear in the book that, at least in her opinion, 2021 Autocracies are not ideal driven like many of the prior century’s were. However, it is an autocracy without real values or morals, one that is based on the desire of those who feel they have managed to gain power to keep it. They are engaging and have been since 2016 of using the exact same tactics used by Putin in Russia, Xi in China, dictatorships on the African and Eastern European parts of the world and even in Cuba and other such dictatorships in south and middle America. They work together to encourage dictatorships in the other nations, whether they claim to be “democracies” or acknowledge the fact that they are under a dictatorship.

Those of us who fight for and speak up for human rights and equality under the law for everybody are slandered as being anti-freedom by those in these administrations, including the current regime in the United States, who are the very opposite of being advocates for freedom. People like Musk and the man in the White House right now are the very embodiment of the "Autocracy Inc." represented by their approval of Nazi styled "nationalist" political parties in nations like Germany and the UK. They are both on record of supporting dictators like the klepocratic dictator Putin in Russia over freedom fighters in Ukraine. That is only one prime example.

My review of the book does NOT limit itself to what has been happening up till now. The book was written prior to the attempt going on right now to hoist "Autocracy Inc." as the ruling system for the United States, which is apparently having some success based on the daily news that we are inundated with, with its present determination to destroy the safety guards that prevented the destruction of even the average middle class individual and their ability to survive as compared to the super rich. Musk is head of a real attempt to destroy everything freedom loving about our nation. I am of the opinion that Ms Applebaum would likely agree with this analysis even if she has never actually said so. It is that obvious to me that this regime is the examine par excellence of the entire concept of what this book is about.

It was prior the present regime, but that doesn't mean that honest readers of the book won't see every concept she points out as being part of what that current regime is dishing against against the average American citizen who is still hopeful for justice and equality of law for all, including minorities both in terms of decisions about their personal lives and decisions and who they are allowed to love.

We need to be seeing ourselves as freedom fighters, but also be prepared for demonization and attacks by many in other segments of the culture. Because as determined as we are to continue a life of freedom and justice for everybody, they are just as determined to continue to steal and keep power.

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