Anne Applebaum

One of the mistakes that people are making is imagining that giving the state more power or giving the executive more power, including effectively power without control or the ability to bend the law, that that will somehow be good for business. This is a very seductive argument that I think actually a lot of the people around him do believe.

One of the mistakes that people are making is imagining that giving the state more power or giving the executive more power, including effectively power without control or the ability to bend the law, that that will somehow be good for business. This is a very seductive argument that I think actually a lot of the people around him do believe.

I mean, you know, Musk, Thiel, but maybe also Bezos and Zuckerberg, I don't know. They think that this kind of power that now seems to be different from the first time where, as I said, he has this support in a particular part of the business community. They think it'll be good for them. They could be right in the short term.

I mean, you know, Musk, Thiel, but maybe also Bezos and Zuckerberg, I don't know. They think that this kind of power that now seems to be different from the first time where, as I said, he has this support in a particular part of the business community. They think it'll be good for them. They could be right in the short term.

I mean, you know, Musk, Thiel, but maybe also Bezos and Zuckerberg, I don't know. They think that this kind of power that now seems to be different from the first time where, as I said, he has this support in a particular part of the business community. They think it'll be good for them. They could be right in the short term.

I mean, obviously, Bezos is reckoning that all the things he wants to do, go to space or go to Mars or wherever, those things will be facilitated by a Trump administration that will loosen regulations or give him subsidies. I mean, Trump has been known to do that before.

I mean, obviously, Bezos is reckoning that all the things he wants to do, go to space or go to Mars or wherever, those things will be facilitated by a Trump administration that will loosen regulations or give him subsidies. I mean, Trump has been known to do that before.

I mean, obviously, Bezos is reckoning that all the things he wants to do, go to space or go to Mars or wherever, those things will be facilitated by a Trump administration that will loosen regulations or give him subsidies. I mean, Trump has been known to do that before.

The mistake that they make is that in the longer term, and I don't know, life is so accelerated right now that longer term could come faster than it used to, almost always these kinds of regimes are really bad for business. And if you look around the world, you can see it.

The mistake that they make is that in the longer term, and I don't know, life is so accelerated right now that longer term could come faster than it used to, almost always these kinds of regimes are really bad for business. And if you look around the world, you can see it.

The mistake that they make is that in the longer term, and I don't know, life is so accelerated right now that longer term could come faster than it used to, almost always these kinds of regimes are really bad for business. And if you look around the world, you can see it.

Hungary, which is the state that so many on the far right now admire as a model, is now, depending on how you count, either the second or third poorest country in Europe. putting all the power in the hands of a few favorite oligarchs, making the political system dependent on the whim of the leader, bending rules and undermining the rule of law actually made Hungary a terrible place to invest.

Hungary, which is the state that so many on the far right now admire as a model, is now, depending on how you count, either the second or third poorest country in Europe. putting all the power in the hands of a few favorite oligarchs, making the political system dependent on the whim of the leader, bending rules and undermining the rule of law actually made Hungary a terrible place to invest.

Hungary, which is the state that so many on the far right now admire as a model, is now, depending on how you count, either the second or third poorest country in Europe. putting all the power in the hands of a few favorite oligarchs, making the political system dependent on the whim of the leader, bending rules and undermining the rule of law actually made Hungary a terrible place to invest.

It made it profoundly corrupt, all kinds of stories there. And I can see the same thing happening in the United States. I mean, if you have a fundamental undermining of our sense that the relationship between the you will have a different attitude to investment and to business and so on. I mean, I can't tell you exactly how it will play out, but it's dangerous.

It made it profoundly corrupt, all kinds of stories there. And I can see the same thing happening in the United States. I mean, if you have a fundamental undermining of our sense that the relationship between the you will have a different attitude to investment and to business and so on. I mean, I can't tell you exactly how it will play out, but it's dangerous.

It made it profoundly corrupt, all kinds of stories there. And I can see the same thing happening in the United States. I mean, if you have a fundamental undermining of our sense that the relationship between the you will have a different attitude to investment and to business and so on. I mean, I can't tell you exactly how it will play out, but it's dangerous.

The US works because we have, I mean, it's a lot narrower than it used to be, but some kind of culture of trust. People believe that contracts will be enforced. They think that courts are neutral. And if you've broken the law, you're in trouble. And if you haven't, you'll be vindicated. When people begin to lose that sense,

The US works because we have, I mean, it's a lot narrower than it used to be, but some kind of culture of trust. People believe that contracts will be enforced. They think that courts are neutral. And if you've broken the law, you're in trouble. And if you haven't, you'll be vindicated. When people begin to lose that sense,

The US works because we have, I mean, it's a lot narrower than it used to be, but some kind of culture of trust. People believe that contracts will be enforced. They think that courts are neutral. And if you've broken the law, you're in trouble. And if you haven't, you'll be vindicated. When people begin to lose that sense,