Anne Applebaum

and we don't stand for democracy, democracy is not part of our foreign policy, it's not part of who we are or how we're identified, then a lot of what the U.S. has stood for positively internationally will disappear or go away. And it's hard for me to quantify the harm to Americans from that. I realize it's kind of three levels removed from what ordinary people think.

and we don't stand for democracy, democracy is not part of our foreign policy, it's not part of who we are or how we're identified, then a lot of what the U.S. has stood for positively internationally will disappear or go away. And it's hard for me to quantify the harm to Americans from that. I realize it's kind of three levels removed from what ordinary people think.

But again, people talk a lot about this competition with Russia and China for influence, for This is essentially ceding to the authoritarian world and saying, we're not going to fight that battle anymore. You guys take over. I mean, there is, whether we want there to be one or not, okay, there is a battle of ideas in the world.

But again, people talk a lot about this competition with Russia and China for influence, for This is essentially ceding to the authoritarian world and saying, we're not going to fight that battle anymore. You guys take over. I mean, there is, whether we want there to be one or not, okay, there is a battle of ideas in the world.

But again, people talk a lot about this competition with Russia and China for influence, for This is essentially ceding to the authoritarian world and saying, we're not going to fight that battle anymore. You guys take over. I mean, there is, whether we want there to be one or not, okay, there is a battle of ideas in the world.

And between broadly the ideas of democracy, and let's not even use the word democracy, use the word the rule of law, use the word checks and balances, use the expression transparency and accountability.

And between broadly the ideas of democracy, and let's not even use the word democracy, use the word the rule of law, use the word checks and balances, use the expression transparency and accountability.

And between broadly the ideas of democracy, and let's not even use the word democracy, use the word the rule of law, use the word checks and balances, use the expression transparency and accountability.

Freedom, freedom, another good word, yep. So freedom, you know, all those things are on one ledger. And then there's another group of countries who are pushing a different set of ideas, you know, that autocracies are stable and safe and democracies are degenerate. And they stand for a different set of ideas. And those ideas are clashing everywhere.

Freedom, freedom, another good word, yep. So freedom, you know, all those things are on one ledger. And then there's another group of countries who are pushing a different set of ideas, you know, that autocracies are stable and safe and democracies are degenerate. And they stand for a different set of ideas. And those ideas are clashing everywhere.

Freedom, freedom, another good word, yep. So freedom, you know, all those things are on one ledger. And then there's another group of countries who are pushing a different set of ideas, you know, that autocracies are stable and safe and democracies are degenerate. And they stand for a different set of ideas. And those ideas are clashing everywhere.

I mean, in Africa and Asia and every European country and inside the United States as well. You know, again, if the United States is now ceding and saying, we're not having this argument anymore. We don't care who wins, you know, then we are allowing the rise of Chinese influence everywhere on the planet.

I mean, in Africa and Asia and every European country and inside the United States as well. You know, again, if the United States is now ceding and saying, we're not having this argument anymore. We don't care who wins, you know, then we are allowing the rise of Chinese influence everywhere on the planet.

I mean, in Africa and Asia and every European country and inside the United States as well. You know, again, if the United States is now ceding and saying, we're not having this argument anymore. We don't care who wins, you know, then we are allowing the rise of Chinese influence everywhere on the planet.

And that will sooner or later have economic and other kinds of implications for Americans and for American companies. You know, I know it's several levels away from most people's realization, but it is a It would be a profound change, you know, a revolutionary change in the way the U.S. is. A lot of people don't like the U.S. already, you know, stipulate.

And that will sooner or later have economic and other kinds of implications for Americans and for American companies. You know, I know it's several levels away from most people's realization, but it is a It would be a profound change, you know, a revolutionary change in the way the U.S. is. A lot of people don't like the U.S. already, you know, stipulate.

And that will sooner or later have economic and other kinds of implications for Americans and for American companies. You know, I know it's several levels away from most people's realization, but it is a It would be a profound change, you know, a revolutionary change in the way the U.S. is. A lot of people don't like the U.S. already, you know, stipulate.

And a lot of people always thought, you know, we talk about all that stuff, but it's bullshit. We don't believe it. So there would be all those people would then say, right, we told you so. Americans never, never believed any of that.

And a lot of people always thought, you know, we talk about all that stuff, but it's bullshit. We don't believe it. So there would be all those people would then say, right, we told you so. Americans never, never believed any of that.

And a lot of people always thought, you know, we talk about all that stuff, but it's bullshit. We don't believe it. So there would be all those people would then say, right, we told you so. Americans never, never believed any of that.